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Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015586
MRDS ID DB01601
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Quarry
Related records 10179010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32274, 37.27915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183
Relative position 5,200 FEET SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pintura(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 040S 013W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32274, 37.27915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. U.S. Geological Survey

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