Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11087

Producer in Iron 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087118
MRDS ID D005183
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82276, 37.77136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position 8650 FEET EAST OF GRAY KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 018W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GT 1" 18.8, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, 1/2" 80.7, #457.7, #7049.0, #4017.7, #200 11.2 PLASTICITY INDEX 5, SWELL .009, A.A.S.H.O. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82276, 37.77136

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 20M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.308HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION; MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON CO

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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