Utah State Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #08051

Occurrence in Emery 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078204
MRDS ID W026395
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #08051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.32323, 39.06553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 9.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN RIVER UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 014E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS MOSTLY SAND, GRIT, AND OCCASIONAL PEBBLES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result A. A. S. H. O. CLASSIFICATION - A - 1 - A
Result ABRASION 500 REV. 26.5 , SODIUM SULPHATE LOSS AT +4 = 10.4 , AT -4 = 10.6, SIEVE ANALYSIS, PERCENT PASSING SCREEN AFTER CRUSHING 1 INCH = 96.7 % , 1/2 INCH = 78.7 , NO. 4 = 50.0 % , NO. 10 = 37.8 NO. 40 = 11.6 % , NO. 200 = 6.0 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.32323, 39.06553

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE BLANKET
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 1609.34M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Woodside Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, (N.D.), MATERIALS INVENTORY: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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