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Utah Dept. of Highway Gravel Pits #14073

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087023
MRDS ID D004463
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highway Gravel Pits #14073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6133, 39.39273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 3.38 MILES NNW OF DELTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 007W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4; SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result NO. 4:76.3
Result NO. 10:62.2
Result NO. 40:39.3
Result NO. 200:5.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT:16.1
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:.010
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION:A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.6133, 39.39273
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Sanford

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10.535HA
    Overall length 700M
    Overall width 146.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 2 1/2 YDS. SECOND PIT AT 80 X 200 X 2 YDS; THIRD PIT AT 200 YDS X 150 X 2 YDS. WORKINGS ARE SPREAD OVER APPRX. A QUARTER SECTION AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS; 1966 MATERIALS SURVEY-MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED; ALL SHAPES PRESENT. DEPOSIT CONTAINS ABUNDANT SPUD, SILT, & CLAY INTERBEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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