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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14059

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 10087055
MRDS ID D004541
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35885, 39.35634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF OAK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak City South(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)

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 017S 005W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAIR TO GOOD GRAVEL, CONTAINS ABUNDANT SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1":24.9
Result #4:36.2
Result #10:26.2
Result #40:20.8
Result #200:8.0
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 21.3
Result P.I.:N.P.
Result SWELL: .010
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A.

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) -112.35885, 39.35634
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT MINED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.125HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD, DEPOSIT MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY MILLARD CO

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY, 196

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    STEGEN R.J. 1979 - GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO ROUNDED EQUANT, WITH INTERBEDDED SAND

Reporter information

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

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