Lowdermilk Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Carbon 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089289
MRDS ID W015585
Record type Site
Current site name Lowdermilk Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept.
Related records 10154030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87103, 39.65024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Relative position 2,500 FT S78W OF AUSTRIAN CENTRAL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 009E 36 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, SEC 36 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3 IN. DIAMETER 10.1%, GREATER THAN 1 IN. -42.8%
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX. IN % PASSING: 1 IN. -100%, .5 IN. -63%, NO. 4 -35.2%,NO. 8-27.4%, NO. 50 -11.9%, NO. 200 -6.1%
Result LIQUID LIMIT -20%
Result PLASTICITY INDEX-N.P.
Result SWELL -.017%
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION ALA.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87103, 39.65024

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Lowdermilk

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA
    Overall length 335.28M
    Overall width 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M. AND DOELLING, H.H; 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L.M., AND DOELLING, H.H., 1977.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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