Red Point Gravel Pit

Producer in Juab 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012109
MRDS ID D007498
Record type Site
Current site name Red Point Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.043, 39.42273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position WEST SIDE OF RED POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(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 016S 002W 14 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Price River Formation
    Rock description Price River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.043, 39.42273

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 117.35M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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