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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11039

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087213
MRDS ID D005537
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05523, 37.71998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747
Relative position 7650 FT. NE OF THE KNOLL, LOCATED IN SEC. 2, T 36 S, R 11 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City(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 011W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COBBLE TO BOULDER GRAVEL, I.E. 2.5 IN TO GREATER THAN 10 IN.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" = 0%
Result GREATER THAN 1 = 17%, AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 83%, #4 = 58%
Result #10 = 51%
Result #40 = 42%
Result #200 = 19%. NON PLASTIC, A-1-B.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05523, 37.71998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Department Of Highways

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.746HA
    Overall length 335.28M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AVERAGES 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNT

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, TABULAR EQUANT, PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

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