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East Parowan Borrow Pit

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011178
MRDS ID D005480
Record type Site
Current site name East Parowan Borrow Pit
Related records 10155393

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.81218, 37.84081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 1700 FT. NE OF THE NE CORNER OF THE PAROWAN CEMETARY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parowan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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 034S 009W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND, GRANULE, & FINE PEBBLE GRAVEL. (1/16-2MM) (2-4MM) (4-8MM)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.81218, 37.84081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.226HA
    Overall length 90M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO LEVELS OF EXTRACTION FROM CUTS MADE INTO THE ALLUVIAL FAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE BORROW SAND EXCAVATED FROM THE CUT BANK.
Deposit ALLUVIAL FAN HAS FORMED FROM THE MATERIAL ERODED FROM THE UPDIP CLARON FM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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