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Clay Basin Gravel Deposits

Occurrence in Daggett 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087325
MRDS ID D006276
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Basin Gravel Deposits
Related records 10251543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.17988, 40.97162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2 1/2 MILE SE OF CLAY BASIN CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clay Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 024E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECS. 13, 15-29, 32-36, T3N; R24E, SECS. 18, 19, 30, 31, T3N, R25E; SECS 8-17, 20-28, T2N, R24E AND OTHERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHOULD BE WASHED BEFORE USED AS CONCRETE AGGREGATE, CONTAINS LITTLE DELETERIOUS MATERIAL FOR USE IN CONCRETE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.17988, 40.97162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, WEDGE, LENS
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 8046.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flanks Of Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clay Basin-Browns Park

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • HAS BEEN USED AS BORROW WHEN ROAD CONSTRUCTION CROSSED DEPOSITS, BUT NO SPECIFIC PITS OR WORKINGS.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, POORLY SORTED TO SMALL BOULDERS IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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