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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11042

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087214
MRDS ID D005539
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10886, 37.69498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1698
Relative position 4900 FT. WSW OF THE HANGERS & BLDGS. AT THE CEDAR CITY AIRPORT

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 011W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4. REPRESENTATIVE POINT FOR A MORE EXTENSIVE PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A-1-A

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Rhyolite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" = 0%
Result GREATER THAN 1"=22.1%. AFTER CRUSHING=1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 67%
Result #4 = 38.8%
Result #10 = 27.6%
Result #40 = 18.8%, #200 = 3.3%. LIQUID LIMIT = 15.1. NONPLASTIC. SWELL = .014. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Valley Fill
    Rock description Unconsolidated Valley Fill
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10886, 37.69498
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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 15.24M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flood Plain And Valley Fill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Parry Sand And Gravel Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 54.76HA
    Overall length 762M
    Overall width 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL LEVELS OF EXTRACTION IN SEVERAL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND, PEBBLE, AND COBBLE LENSES OF VARYING THICKNESS.

Reporter information

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

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