Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17009

Producer in Rich 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106650
MRDS ID D006319
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12495, 41.77132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1911
Relative position 1500 FT S68W OF SAGE CREEK JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leefe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 007E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1":30.7
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result #4:33.6
Result #10:24.7
Result #40:12.6
Result #200:6.7
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.6
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 5.1
Result SWELL: .014
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A
Result ABRASION 500 REV.: 21.4

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12495, 41.77132

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crawford Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 1524M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highways 16 & 30

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hatch Pit

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 31.773HA
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 9 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES, UTAH

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 UT. GEO. AND MINERAL SUR ON SITE INVEST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF EQUANT SHAPE, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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