Dewey Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Grand 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 10089508
MRDS ID W027216
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey Gravel Pit
Related records 10300323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.29792, 38.81054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position .3 MILES EAST OF DEWEY BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 024E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.29792, 38.81054

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 218.72M
    Width 45.72M
    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

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.502HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SEPARATE PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, BLAIR M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS COMPRISED OF RIVER GRAVELS AND COBBLES UP TO 1 FT. DIAMETER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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