Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08008

Past Producer in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088777
MRDS ID M058667
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04714, 39.3644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1899
Relative position 18,150 FT N 16 E OF RED POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 008E 08 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND AND GRAVEL COMPOSED OF CLASTS OF SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE.

Analytical data

Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 26.2% RETAINED ON 3 IN. SIEVE
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX: 41.8% PASSED NO. 4, 32.8% PASSED NO. 10, 24.7% PASSED NO. 40, 9.1% PASSED NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 16.2, PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P., SWELL IS .013%, ABRASION IS 45.1% AT 500 REVS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04714, 39.3644

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wasatch Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.283HA
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRIANGULAR AREA CUT IN SIDE OF PEDIMENT, WEDGE OF GRAVEL REMOVED, SEVERAL TEST PITS IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY, EMERY CO.

  • Deposit

    MCCARTHY, B.M, 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, E.G., AND FRANK J.R., 1981. GEOL. MAP AND COAL SECTION OF THE RED POINT QUAD. EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS OFR 81-1356.

  • Deposit

    AAA ENG: 1979, COAL RESOURCE OCCURRENCE AND COAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL MAPS OF THE THE HIAWATHA 15 (SE) QUAD: USGS OFR 79-1001.

  • Production

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEDIMENT GRAVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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