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Utah Dept. of Highway Pit #11068

Past Producer in Iron 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10011169
MRDS ID D005467
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highway Pit #11068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02997, 37.88747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1657
Relative position 3900 FT. NE OF WINDMILL LOCATED IN SEC 1, T. 34 S., R. 11 W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enoch NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 011W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE & COBBLE GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 73%
Result #4 = 18.7%
Result #10 = 8.8%
Result #40 = 3.7%
Result #200 = 2.1%. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02997, 37.88747
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valley Fill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. Benson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.067HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY; MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED PEBBLES & COBBLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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