Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 12040

Past Producer in Juab 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087379
MRDS ID D006500
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 12040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11551, 39.67689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 1.7 MILES NW OF TIDWELL SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Furner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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

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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 002W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 OF LOT 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED SAND, ON OCCASSIONAL LARGE BOULDER PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3":14.6
Result 1":21.2
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result #4:54.3
Result #10:41.2
Result #40:25.1
Result #200:13.5
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 22.6
Result SWELL: .015
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11551, 39.67689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES ARE UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.92HA
    Overall length 110M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966 MATERIALS INV. JUAB. CO

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, EQUANT IN SHAPE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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