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Utah Dept. of Highway Pit #11041

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 10011213
MRDS ID D005538
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highway Pit #11041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07996, 37.70304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1657
Relative position 5850 FT. W. OF THE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City(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 036S 011W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A-1-A. EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" = 7.7%
Result GREATER THAN 1" = 32.3%. AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 62.2%
Result #4 = 35.5%
Result #10 = 29.3%
Result #40 = 11.8%
Result #200 = 3.1%. LIQUID LIMIT = 18.0. NONPLASTIC. SWELL = .001. A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Floodplain Alluvium
    Rock description Unconsolidated Floodplain Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.07996, 37.70304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Floodplain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah, H.S. Jones-Western Rock Products
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50.168HA
    Overall length 1500M
    Overall width 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE INCLUDES SEVERAL LARGE EXCAVATION PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED; PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS; OBLATE

Reporter information

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

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