Gravel Pit

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011216
MRDS ID D005547
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52331, 37.75053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1572
Relative position 9400 FT. SOUTH OF CLARKS FARM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Farm(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 015W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.52331, 37.75053

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Escalante Valley

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 3.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valley

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I. 1979 GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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