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Cherry Creek Borrow Pit #3

Past Producer in Juab 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 10011543
MRDS ID D006533
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Creek Borrow Pit #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47552, 39.77773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2.23 MILES NW OF ROCKWELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 006W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL, HEAVILY INTERBEDDED SAND, SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium, Colluvium, Fanglomerate
    Rock description Alluvium, Colluvium, Fanglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47552, 39.77773
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeprock Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL & MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED EQUANT AND TABULAR. HEAVILY INTERBEDDED WITH SAND AND SILT. BORROW USE ONLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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