Condominium Pit

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  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 10087215
MRDS ID D005541
Record type Site
Current site name Condominium Pit
Related records 10227183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08662, 37.67804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 2950 FT. E. OF THE AIRWAY BEACON, SEC. 9,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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 011W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE, COBBLE, AND BOULDER GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08662, 37.67804

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE FULL POTENTIAL WILL NOT BE UTILIZED DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING TRACTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.281HA
    Overall length 255M
    Overall width 96.01M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, OBLATE TO EQUANT, PEBBLE TO BOULDER

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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