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Gravel Pit # 27053

Past Producer in Washington 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10088303
MRDS ID DB01600
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit # 27053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61469, 37.02609 (WGS84)
Elevation 773
Relative position 4,900 FEET SOUTHEAST OF ATKINVILLE TOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint George(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 016W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3" 10.0 , GREATER THAN 1" 24.7 , AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100 , 1/2" 72.4 , #4 54.5 , # 10 43.8 , # 40 23.0 , # 200 11.1 , LIQUID LIMIT 18.3 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .017 AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61469, 37.02609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Atkin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIAL INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

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