Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04024

Occurrence 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 10073241
MRDS ID W019183
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.66713, 39.56246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 11,200 FT N43E 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 34 NE 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: 0% GREATER THAN 3 IN. DIAMETER, 20% GREATER THAN 1 IN.
Result AFTER CRUSHING (IN % PASSING): LIN.-100%, NO. 4-44.7%, NO. 10-31.8%, 19.6%-NO.40, 7.6% -NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 18.6%
Result PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result SWELL IS .013%
Result AASHO CLASSDIFICATION IS A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravels
    Rock description Pediment Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.66713, 39.56246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Limb Of Uinta Basin

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • 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 CO., UTAH: USGS MAP I-1178.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • 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.