Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #03005

Producer in Cache 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087290
MRDS ID D006131
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #03005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95053, 41.87465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 1.7 MILES ENE OF QUIGLEY CROSSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 001W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: AFTER CRUSHING: 1":100
Result 1/2":77.0
Result #4:51.0
Result #10:37.8
Result #40:18.7
Result #200:4.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 17.5
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .012
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A
Result ABRASION 500 REV: 31.0

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) -111.95053, 41.87465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Allochthon

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newton Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Road Commission

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 12.04HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES AND COBBLES, ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, EQUANT IN SHAPE, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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