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Gravel Pit #27061

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015362
MRDS ID DB00861
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77525, 37.1822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position AT JUNCTION OF US 91 & GUNLOCK ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shivwits(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 017W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 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. 2.19 , OVER 1 IN. 16.2 %
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 17
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .003
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77525, 37.1822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beaver Dam Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON UTAH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMEN

  • 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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