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The Ledges Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Wayne 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088142
MRDS ID DB00773
Record type Site
Current site name The Ledges Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60909, 38.46608 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position .5 MILES NNE OF FREMONT, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lyman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 003E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60909, 38.46608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Loa Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah State Road Commission

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.657HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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