Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Piute 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. 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 10088361
MRDS ID DB01836
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30384, 38.15191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 8500 ENE OF PEAK ELEV 7749 IN SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 09 T 31 S, R 04 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 004W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 34

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 Qat Alluvial Deposits
    Rock description Qat Alluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 765.52M
    Width 640.08M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Young Construction Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.181HA
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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