Kenilworth Benches Gravel Deposit

Occurrence in Carbon 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071887
MRDS ID W015600
Record type Site
Current site name Kenilworth Benches Gravel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70408, 39.66663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Relative position 11,500 FT S46E OF KENILWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Canyon(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 010E 26 SW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT, DEPOSIT IS ON SCATTERED BENCHES AT BASE OF BOOK CLIFFS. COVERS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravel
    Rock description Pediment Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70408, 39.66663

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 8851.15M
    Width 3218.6M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Various

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDES MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS COLLECTIVELY COVERING THOUSANDS OF ACRES WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 20 FT.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CLARK, F.R., 1928, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CASTLEGATE, WELLINGTON AND SUNNYSIDE QUADRANGLE, CARBON CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 793, P. 22-23.

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP CLARK, F. R. BULL. 79

  • Reserve-Resource

    CLARK, F.R., 1928.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE THICKEST CLOSEST TO THE BOOK CLIFFS AND DIP AWAY FROM CLIFFS. DEPOSIT MADE UP OF MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS, EACH NOT EXCEEDING THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS. TOTAL AREA MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
Deposit SEE PAGES 22 AND 23 OF CLARK, F. R., 1928 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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