Squaw Hollow Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015734
MRDS ID DB01890
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Hollow Gravel Pit
Related records 10276953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67133, 38.81553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2597
Relative position 6200 FT. NE OF GOOSEBERRY RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gooseberry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 002E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 15

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 Alluvial Deposits
    Rock description Alluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67133, 38.81553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Folding And Faulting

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

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 Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.209HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

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-NOV-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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