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Borrow Pit #27071

Past Producer in Washington 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015358
MRDS ID DB00852
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit #27071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65553, 37.36998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position 2400 FEET NORTHEAST OF HILL ELEVATION 5158 LOCATED IN SECTION 29 TOWNSHIP 39 SOUTH, RANGE 15 WEST.

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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 016W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result NOT CRUSHED OVER 3 IN. 0 , OVER 1 IN. 9.7 , 1 IN. 90.3 , #4 : 70.6
Result #10 : 54.7
Result #40 : 44.4
Result #200 : 27.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 21.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 3.8
Result SWELL: 0.2
Result AASHO: A-2-4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65553, 37.36998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY - WASHINGTON, CO

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREX UTAH STATE DEPART. OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Perry, Lee I. 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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