Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 14042

Past Producer in Millard 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087066
MRDS ID D004571
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 14042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5819, 38.72357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 6.20 MILES NNW OF DOG VALLEY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(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 024S 007W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result 1/2":80.6
Result #4:53.1
Result #10:42.0
Result #40:25.4
Result #200:14.1
Result LIQUID LIMIT:24.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:3.4
Result SWELL:.047
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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5819, 38.72357

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.045HA
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH

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

    STEGEN R, 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO ROUNDED - EQUANT TO TABULAR INTERBEDDED SAND & SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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