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Borrow Pit #27005 Utah Dept of Highways

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011059
MRDS ID D005264
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit #27005 Utah Dept of Highways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22386, 37.46442 (WGS84)
Elevation 1567
Relative position 8,100 FEET SOUTHEAST OF FORT HARMONY MONUMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kolob Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Zion National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result NOT CRUSHED GT 1" 5.1, 1" 92.7, #4 78.1, #10 70.0, #40 54.4, #200 38.3 LIQUID LIMIT 21.9, PLASTICITY INDEX 4.2, SWELL 1.1 A.A.S.H.O A-4-1

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurrican Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 1.881HA
    Overall length 300M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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