Gravel Pit #27059

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015583
MRDS ID DB01594
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67553, 37.13692 (WGS84)
Elevation 893
Relative position 2,600 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SANTA CLARA CEMENTERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Clara(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 042W 016W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 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 GREATER THAN 1 IN 40.0 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN 100 , #4 44.9 , #10 36.6 , #40 24.4 #200 8.4 , LIQUID LIMIT 18.1 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .026 , AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67553, 37.13692

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 160.02M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner St. George And Santa Clara Irrigation Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.418HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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