Mahogany Point Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Emery 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042247
MRDS ID M058666
Record type Site
Current site name Mahogany Point Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17798, 39.27496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 3,900 FT N 02 W OF MAHOGANY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahogany Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 007E 07 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.17798, 39.27496

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Plateau

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wasatch Plateau Coal Field

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.003HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG SHALLOW PIT FOLLOWS RIVER BANK, PIT HAS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF ABOUT 10 FT. WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF ABOUT 5 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL BAR ALONG STREAM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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