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Gravel Pit #27052

Past Producer in Washington 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011157
MRDS ID D005445
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59719, 37.01943 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Relative position 12,800 FEET WEST NORTHWEST OF WHITE DOME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint George(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 016W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GT 3", GT 1" 48.1, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, #4 38.5, #10 26.3, #40 13.3, #200 6.7 LIQUID LIMIT 22.1, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .038, A.A.S.H.D. A-1-A

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

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 273.4M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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 3.345HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1959 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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