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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14049

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10087046
MRDS ID D004517
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57996, 38.58774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 5,300 FEET SOUTH OF COVE FORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 006W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GREATER 1":4.9
Result 1":95.1
Result #4:81.2
Result #10:68.9
Result #40:53.2
Result #200:41.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 34.2
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 12.3
Result SWELL: 0.5
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-6-2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57996, 38.58774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.696HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION SECTION MILLARD COUNTY MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGAN R. 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY ANGULAR TO ANGULAR-EQUANT TO TABULAR EXTENSIVE INTERBEDDED SAND

Reporter information

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

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