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L. Sullivan Pit

Occurrence 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088405
MRDS ID DB02000
Record type Site
Current site name L. Sullivan Pit
Alternate or previous names Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #27029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3908, 37.16442 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2.9 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG ON THE VIRGIN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(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 014W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: GREATER THAN 3 IN. 20 %
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN. 40.1 %
Result 1 IN. 100 %, 1/2 IN. 77.7 %, #4 50.4 %, #10 40.7 %, #40 25.3 %, #200 3.5 %
Result LL 14.9, CLASS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3908, 37.16442
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Harrisburg Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 335.28M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisburg

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1964

  • Production

    EVERTS, M. L., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEVER WORKED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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