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Whiterocks Canal Sand and Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015152
MRDS ID DB00269
Record type Site
Current site name Whiterocks Canal Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.90212, 40.47662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1870
Relative position 2900 FT. NORTH HARMS CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiterocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001N 001E 17 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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Alluvium And Colluvium
    Rock description Alluvium And Colluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.90212, 40.47662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.1HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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

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