South Myton Bench Gravel Pits

Past Producer in Duchesne 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088052
MRDS ID DB00331
Record type Site
Current site name South Myton Bench Gravel Pits
Related records 10251024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.17907, 40.14385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 2.5 MILES SSW OF LAKE BOREHAM MEMORIAL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duchesne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 004S 003W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , OF SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Surface Gravels
    Rock description Surface Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.17907, 40.14385

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.345HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL PIT AREAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1968, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF DUCHESNE COUNTY: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.