Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No 12049

Occurrence in Juab 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090817
MRDS ID D006162
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No 12049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15551, 39.58634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1481
Relative position 2000 FEET EAST OF SOMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champlin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 003W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME INTERBEDDED SAND, NUMEROUS LARGE BOULDERS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1"=13.6
Result AFTER: 1"=100
Result #4:49
Result #10=38.0
Result #40=26.6
Result #200:16.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 21.9
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .016
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Leamington Tear Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS PRESENT
  • NO WORKINGS, POTENTIAL SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, (JUAB CO.

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1980, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE EXPOSED IN THE DIVIDE BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND BLACKS FORK, WHERE THE TERTIARY BEDS ARE REMOVED DUE TO EROSION. THE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE AGAIN EXPOSED AT THE HEAD OF MILL CREEK. ONE OF THE TRIBUTARIES OF MILL CREEK CUTS THE PROMINENT RIDGE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND EXPOSES A PART OF THE PARK CITY FORMATIONS; AND THE OTHER TRIBUTARY FLOWS A SHORT DISTANCE ALONG THE WORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE OF THE BEDS AND ONPOSES PARK CITY BEDS AND OVERLYING RED BEDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUBROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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