Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16013

Past Producer in Piute 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015712
MRDS ID DB01854
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1966, 38.20914 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2500 FT WEST OF KINGSTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 003W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1966, 38.20914

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

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 G. A. Nielson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.025HA
    Overall length 30M
    Overall width 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY PIUTE, WAYNE, GARFIELD & KANE COUNTIES

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT UNDERLIES RANCH BUILDINGS; IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THIS DEPOSIT WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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