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Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14108

Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107499
MRDS ID D005933
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86609, 37.24748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position 4.2 MILES SSE OF ESKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shivwits(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 019W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 70% CARBONATES, 20% QUARTZITE 10% VOLCANICS PEBBLES UP TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86609, 37.24748
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION MUCH HIGHER THAN RESERVES ESTIMATED BY HIGHWAY DEPT IN 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7.62HA
    Overall length 420M
    Overall width 283.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS IN OVERALL AREA; LARGEST IS 180 YDS X 130 YDS X 10 YDS, TWO OTHER SMALLER PITS AT 60 YDS X 50 YDS X 7 YDS AND 20 YDS X 15 YDS X 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS IN

  • Production

    STEGEN, R J, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED EQUANT AND TABULAR PEBBLES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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