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Bryce Canyon Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015732
MRDS ID DB01880
Record type Site
Current site name Bryce Canyon Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2641, 37.50942 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF NATURAL BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tropic Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bryce Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 004W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wasatch Formation
    Rock description Wasatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2641, 37.50942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kanab - Paunsagunt Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Low Ampliture Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 218.72M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.338HA
    Overall length 160M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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