Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 04026

Past Producer in Carbon county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073228
MRDS ID W019125
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 04026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64768, 39.58968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1740
Relative position 22,300 FT N36E OF WELLINGTON RODEO GROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 011E 23 SE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 18.8% GREATER THAN 3 IN., 50% GREATER THAN 3 IN.
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING (IN PERCENT PASSING): 1 IN.-100%, NO. 4-33%, NO. 10-27.3, NO. 40-22.8, NO. 200-6.5%
Result LIGUID LIMIT IS 18.5%
Result PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result SWELL IS .005%
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravel
    Rock description Pediment Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64768, 39.58968

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Limb Of Uinta Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 2377.44M
    Width 822.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.304HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 42.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF EMERY AND CARBON

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CARBON AND EMERY CO., UTAH.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.J., 1979, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WELLINGTON QUADRANGLE, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1178.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIE

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.