Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11072

Past Producer in Iron 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101589
MRDS ID D005185
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20274, 37.8883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Relative position 7900 FT. SE OF WINDMILL LOCATED IN NE 1/4 OF SEC 29, T 33 S, R 12 W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enoch NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 012W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: GT 1" = 20.4%. AFTER CRUSHING 1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 69.9%
Result #4 = 31.0%
Result #10 = 24.9%
Result #40 = 17.2%
Result #200 = 7.5%. LIQUID LIMIT = 24.4% PLASTICITY INDEX = 5.8. SWELL = .045. A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 1219.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.084HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1946 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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