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Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21009

Occurrence in Sevier 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090976
MRDS ID DB00945
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18384, 38.65691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF ELSINORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elsinore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 004W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN., 54.6 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.5
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .018
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASS: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvial Deposits
    Rock description Alluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18384, 38.65691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dry Wash Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description River Cut Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Parker

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, 1966 , MATERIALS INVENTORY: SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

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

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