Lower Kings Canyon Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Millard 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10010691
MRDS ID D004590
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Kings Canyon Gravel Pit
Related records 10203021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.54388, 39.08662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 3.40 MILES ESE OF BULLGRASS KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullgrass Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 015W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALLUVIAL FAN - HIGHLY UNSORTED, SAND AND SILT PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue

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) -113.54388, 39.08662

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.267HA
    Overall length 105M
    Overall width 34.75M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION; MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED; EQUANT, PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.