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Danish Ranch Quarry

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10042267
MRDS ID M058738
Record type Site
Current site name Danish Ranch Quarry
Related records 10055121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42497, 37.25331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1253
Relative position 2,600 FEET S 32 E FROM DANISH RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Signal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 04 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BUILDING STONE QUARRY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42497, 37.25331
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Strikes North East And Dips Gently To The Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 10 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NAVAJO SANDSTONE SHOW BROAD CROSSBEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Valley Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY IS 100 FEET LONG AND 40 FEET WIDE AND LESS THAN 20 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE STONE QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN EXCAVATED PORTION OF THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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