Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11086

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. 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 10011208
MRDS ID D005528
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72609, 37.73025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 7200 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beryl Junction(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 017W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" 0.7, GREATER THAN 1" 11.7, AFTER CRUSHING: 1" 100, 1/2" 79.7, #4 55.0, #10 45.2 #40 21.2, #200 13.6, LIQUID LIMIT 24, PLASTICITY INDEX, 3, SWELL .006, A.A.S.H.O. 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) -113.72609, 37.73025

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 914.4M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
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 1.183HA
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1965, MATERIALS & MATERIALS DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON CO

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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