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Veyo Cinder Pit No. 1

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10011281
MRDS ID D005855
Record type Site
Current site name Veyo Cinder Pit No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69053, 37.34637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1466
Relative position 3250 FEET NORTH OF VEYO CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Veyo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 016W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.69053, 37.34637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lava Flow

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Veyo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PITS, ONE 150' X 75 THE OTHER 200' X 100'.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1974, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

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

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