Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Grand 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088003
MRDS ID DB00130
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.87821, 38.87581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1408
Relative position 1.6 MILES SOUTH OF BLUE FLAT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hatch Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 018E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.87821, 38.87581

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Decrease In Stream Velocity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Inter River District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.19HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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