Gravel Deposit 04002

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 10089290
MRDS ID W015603
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Deposit 04002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17604, 39.78246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position WEST SHORE OF SCOFIELD RESERVOIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scofield Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 007E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING-GREATER THAN 3 INCHES-10.5%, GREATER THAN 1 INCH-38.9%
Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING 1 INCH-100%, NO. 4 - 49.3%, NO. 10 - 39.1%, NO. 40 - 28.6%, NO. 200 - 11.2%, LIQUID LIMIT - 22.0%, PLASTICITY INDEX - N. P., SWELL - .018%, 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 Alluvial Fan
    Rock description Alluvial Fan
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesaverde Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scofield Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Christensen, A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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