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Desert Mtn. Pass Borrow Pit-7

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. 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 10087388
MRDS ID D006523
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Mtn. Pass Borrow Pit-7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51386, 39.78995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1576
Relative position 7800 FEET SE OF COYOTE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Mountain Pass(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 006W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL CLEAN

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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51386, 39.78995
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.201HA
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS. ADJACIENT DOZER CUT 35 YDS LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL., AND MIN. SURVEY ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED EQUANT, SOME SAND AND SILT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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