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Gravel Pit #27030

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015360
MRDS ID DB00856
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2908, 37.28998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1090
Relative position 5,000 FEET SOUTHWEST OF BM3692 LOCATED IN NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 5 , TOWNSHIP 41 SOUTH, RANGE 13 WEST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pintura(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

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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING OVER 3 IN. 0 , OVER 1 IN. 13.3
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN. 100 , 1/2 IN. 69.3
Result #4 : 41.1
Result #10 : 33.7
Result #40 : 29.1
Result #200 : 4.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 16.1
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .010
Result AASHO: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2908, 37.28998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Reef (Harrisburg)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross Savage

Comments on the production information

  • PERRY, L. I., 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 350M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS ALMOST WORKED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

Reporter information

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

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