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Santa Clara Gravel 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088797
MRDS ID M058736
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Clara Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65636, 37.13554 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 1500 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF SANTA CLARA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Clara(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 016W 16 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED WITH AREA OF RECENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65636, 37.13554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline, St. George Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

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 Santa Clara Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.158HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST AT ONE OVAL SHAPED PIT WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 15 FEET.

Comments on development

  • SMALL GRAVEL PIT IS NOW INACTIVE, AREA IS PART OF CITY OF SANTA CLARA

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL PIT LOCATED ON AN ABANDONED RIVER TERRACE OF THE SANTA CLARA RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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