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Utah Dept of Highways Dune Sand Pit #11081

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087275
MRDS ID D005982
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Dune Sand Pit #11081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65137, 37.73664 (WGS84)
Elevation 1574
Relative position 10000 NORTH OF BERYL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beryl Junction(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 035S 016W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result 1" 100, 1/2" 100, #4 100, #4 98.3, #40 83.2, #200 48.9, LIQUID LIMIT 23.9, PLASTICITY INDEX 1.9, SWELL 1.5 AASHO A-4(2)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand Dunes
    Rock description Sand Dunes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65137, 37.73664
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DUNE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wind Blown Dunes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. A .Wood And J. C. Mcgarry

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT OF TRANSPORTATIO

  • Production

    L I PERRY, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

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

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

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