Industrial Center Gravel Pits

Past Producer in Carbon 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088775
MRDS ID M058659
Record type Site
Current site name Industrial Center Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.82242, 39.53968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 3,600 FT S 21 W OF COUNTY INDUSTRIAL CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010E 08 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY SANDSTONE CLASTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result POORLY-SORTED, WELL-ROUNDED MATERIAL, FEW BOULDERS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.82242, 39.53968

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.551HA
    Overall length 422.15M
    Overall width 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PIT - 400 X 500 FT. WITH 3 FT AVE. DEPTH; EAST PIT - 1000 FT X 250 FT WITH 3 FT AVE. DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEDIMENT GRAVEL FROM BOOK CLIFFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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