Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10024

Past Producer in Grand 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078963
MRDS ID W027716
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.5332, 38.56415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF MILL CREEK, 0.9 MILES NNE OF JACKSON RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 022E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 7.9 % RETAINED ON 3 INCH
Result 44 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 18.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result SWELL IS .023 , AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A, ABRASION IS 26.4

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glen Canyon Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 273.4M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emma Walker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.672HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNT

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY. DEPOSIT IS ALSO LIMITED BY SEVERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO IT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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