Enterprise Cinder Pit No. 1

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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011070
MRDS ID D005281
Record type Site
Current site name Enterprise Cinder Pit No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.74664, 37.55469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 9700 FEET SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE SCHOOL HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 037S 017W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.74664, 37.55469

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 182.88M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 1219.2M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dixie National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.