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Cherry Creek Borrow Pit #1

Occurrence 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 10087392
MRDS ID D006535
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Creek Borrow Pit #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48608, 39.83384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position 7000 FEET SSW OF CLYDE RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 006W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL, EXTENSIVE SAND, SILT AND CLAY, POORLY SORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48608, 39.83384
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeprock Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.96M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.084HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD, ADJACIENT PIT SOUTH AT 40 Y X 20 Y X 1 Y

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF PREDOMINATELY EQUANT AND TABULAR SHAPE. EXTENSIVE SAND, SILT AND CLAY ASSOCIATED. OCCASSIONAL LARGE BOULDERS PRESENT, POORLY SORTED

Reporter information

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

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