Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 07-L

Past Producer in Duchesne 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106061
MRDS ID W027647
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 07-L

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38713, 40.36412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 134; APPX. 2200 FT NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF UTAH HIGHWAYS 134 AND 87

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talmage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duchesne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001S 004W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 24.3 % RETAINED ON 3 INCH, 47.5 % RETAINED ON ONE INCH
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 18.9 , PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result ABRASION IS 53.4

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.38713, 40.36412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 164.04M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elwin W. Birch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CANNOT BE USED FOR AGGREGATE DUE TO HIGH ABRASION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.045HA
    Overall length 125M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF DUSHESNE

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF DUCHESNE COUNTY

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.