Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11090

Past 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 10087134
MRDS ID D005225
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.94554, 37.79191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 6850 FEET WESTSOUTHWEST OF MODENA WATER TANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Modena(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 019W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 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" 29.5, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, 1/2" 83.6, #4 61.0, #10 42.2, #40 12.7, #200 4.6, SWELL .008 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) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.35HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1965, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON CO

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATIO

  • 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

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