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Mellor Canyon Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Sanpete 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088277
MRDS ID DB01439
Record type Site
Current site name Mellor Canyon Gravel Pit
Related records 10251906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.85772, 39.24163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position AT THE INTERSECTION OF UTAH ROUTE 28 AND MELLOR CANYON ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 001E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.85772, 39.24163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.376HA
    Overall length 90M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

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