Basalt Riprap #27038

Prospect in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015436
MRDS ID DB01084
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Riprap #27038

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.47136, 37.16637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 9,800 FEET NORTHEAST OF BASTION RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 014W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.47136, 37.16637

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basalt Flow

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS ARE ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREX UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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