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Utah Dept. Highways Pit #11044

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011214
MRDS ID D005540
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #11044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10719, 37.67887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
Relative position 2950 FT. W OF THE AIRWAY BEACON

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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 011W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4; SE 1/4; SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED, OBLATE TO EQUANT, GRANULES TO COBBLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING = GREATER THAN 1" = 7.3%. AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 92.7%
Result #4 = 74.8%
Result #10 = 69.7%
Result #40 = 59.7%
Result #200 = 34.0%. LIQUID LIMIT = 22.3. PLASTIC INDEX = 3.6. A-2-4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10719, 37.67887
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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 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.394HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED, TABULAR TO EQUANT, SAND TO COBBLES

Reporter information

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

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