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Wellington Ne Gravel Pits

Past Producer in Carbon county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10042244
MRDS ID M058658
Record type Site
Current site name Wellington Ne Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72714, 39.54829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1679
Relative position 3,800 FT S 8 S E OF WELLINGTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 011E 06 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST OF CLASTS ARE SANDSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result POORLY-SORTED, WELL-ROUNDED MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mancos Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7.71HA
    Overall length 536.45M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PIT-400 FT X 700 FT WITH 3 FT AVERAGE DEPTH; EAST PIT-600 FT X 1000 FT WITH 6 FT AVERAGE DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY, CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEDIMENT GRAVELS OF THE BOOK CLIFFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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