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Jericho Gravel Pit #2

Past Producer in Juab 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087382
MRDS ID D006507
Record type Site
Current site name Jericho Gravel Pit #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21107, 39.74912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position 1900 FEET NW OF JERICHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jericho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 003W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21107, 39.74912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Valley Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River 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 Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.345HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SUR. ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODY IS SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT WITH SOME TABULAR ALSO PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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