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Gunnison Sand Deposit

Occurrence in Sanpete 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015541
MRDS ID DB01400
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Sand Deposit
Related records 10252402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79383, 39.15135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF GUNNISON HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 001E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Crazy Hollow Formation
    Rock description Crazy Hollow Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Fault Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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