Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14124

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. 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 10087464
MRDS ID D007469
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86111, 38.63884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1861
Relative position 4 MILES S-SW OF EAST ANTELOPE RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tunnel Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 025S 018W 16 SE OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MARSHY CARBONATE PEBBLES AND COBBLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GT 3 " = 0, GT 1" = 9.6%, 1" = 90.4% #4 = 57.7, #10 = 36.6, #40 = 23.4, #200 = 14.8, LL = 31.7, PI = 8.7 CLASS = A-2-4

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) -113.86111, 38.63884

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized Tunnel Spring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.428HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 10 FT. SECOND PIT TO EAST AT 270 FT X 240 FT X 5 FT. = 48,600 SQ. FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT. DEPT OF HWYS MATERIALS INVENT, MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT GEOL & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVES

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES; FAIR GRAVEL, MUCH SAND AND SILT INTERBEDDING; EQUANT AND TABULAR SHAPES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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