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Gravel Pit #27020

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 10088402
MRDS ID DB01993
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0494, 37.1561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1146
Relative position 5000 FEET WEST SOUTH WEST OF ROCKVILLE CEMENTERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springdale West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 042S 011W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NOT DISCERNABLE OR A PRELIMINARY MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3" 8.5 , GREATER THAN 1" 30.8 , AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100 , 1/2" 74.4 , #4 47.7 , #10 37.4 , #40 28.7 , #200 5.3 LIQUID LIMIT 15.3 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .011 , 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) -113.0494, 37.1561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 874.88M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Hirschi

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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