Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 17028

Past Producer in Cache 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098075
MRDS ID DC13379
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 17028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94303, 41.63354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 7000 FT SW OF WELLSVILLE CEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 001W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL IS ROUNDED TO WELLROUNDED WITH A SMALL AMT OF INTERBEDDED SILT AND SAND, PREDOMINANTLY QUARTZITE.

Analytical data

Result SWELL = .009: SIEVE ANALYSIS = PERCENT PASS: NO 4 = 65.0, NO 10 = 39.8, NO 40 = 9.5, NO 200 = 2.8
Result PLASTICITY = NP LIQUID LIM. = 17.5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94303, 41.63354

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 22.86M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Box Elder

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wellsville City

Comments on the production information

  • PROD FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 332.84M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT GEOL AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, CACHE CO

  • Deposit

    CONSV DIV COMP DATE 02-01-1963.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-01-1963

  • Production

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT DEPT OF HWY, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, RICH AND CACHE COS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE BAR DEPOSIT
Deposit CONSISTS OF FOUR PITS LABELED A-D A-IS THE LARGEST AND OWNED BY THE CITY B CARD D ARE SMALLER AND PRIVATELY OWNED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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