Huntington and Cottonwood Benches

Occurrence in Emery 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096384
MRDS ID W015491
Record type Site
Current site name Huntington and Cottonwood Benches

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05881, 39.28329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position AT FOOT OF WASATCH PLATEAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(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 Emery

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS ON SCATTERED BENCHES AT BASE OF WASATCH PLATEAU. SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS, SE QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL - ROAD BED, BORRON MATERIAL, ETC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravel
    Rock description Pediment Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05881, 39.28329

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGES
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 6096M
    Width 1524M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pedimentation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDES MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS COLLECTIVELY COVERING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES AT AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 40 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MOSTLY UNTESTED MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, E.M., 1931, THE WASATCH PLATEAU COAL FIELD, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 819.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1972, WASATCH PLATEAU COAL FIELD IN CENTRAL UTAH COAL FIELDS, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY MON. 3, PAGES 58-243.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4934, 4972, 5085, 5221, 5270, 5332, 5401, 5489, 5615, 5792, 6086, 6300, 6461, 6622, AND 6792 VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, N.H., AND S.J. ARESCO, 1953, ANALYSES OF TIPPLE AND DELIVERED SAMPLES OF COAL COLLECTED DURING FISCAL YEARS 1948-1950; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 516.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP SPIEKER, E.M., BULL. 81

  • Reserve-Resource

    SPIEKER, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE THICKEST CLOSEST TO PLATEAU AND DIP AWAY FROM PLATEAU. DEPOSIT MADE UP OF MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS, EACH NOT EXCEEDING THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS. TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
Deposit SEE PAGES 48 AND 49 OF SPIEKER, 1931.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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