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Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09009

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015511
MRDS ID DB01340
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44884, 37.84415 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 3/4 MILE NW OF COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 005W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: WEST 1/2 NW 1/4 SEC. 20 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN., 91 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 36
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 9
Result SWELL: 2.1
Result AASHO CLASS: A-4-7 .

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44884, 37.84415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Markagunt Plateau Bounded By The Hurricane And Sevier Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Veater And Miller

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY: GARFIELD COUNTY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Dollar, Robert S. 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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