Cinder Pit #27074 Utah Dept. of Highways

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011064
MRDS ID D005270
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Pit #27074 Utah Dept. of Highways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53052, 37.41026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position 8150 FEET NORTHWEST OF PINE VALLEY CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central East(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

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 015W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GT 3" 3.3, GT 1" 16.5, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, 1/2" 78.3, #4 41.0, #8 29.7 #50 14.7, #200 8.4, LIQUID LIMIT 21, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .006, A.A.S.H.O. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53052, 37.41026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 15.85M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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