Gravel Pit #27063

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088165
MRDS ID DB00860
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86137, 37.08748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1201
Relative position 4,200 FEET SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042W 018W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result AFTER CRUSHING OVER 1 IN. 100 %
Result NO. 4 : 41.0
Result NO. 10 : 25.8
Result NO. 40 : 13.4
Result NO. 200 : 11.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.8
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beaver Dam Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY - WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREX UTAH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMEN

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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