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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11002

Past Producer in Iron 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101608
MRDS ID D005468
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.63385, 38.12497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1908
Relative position 1850 FT. DUE E OF PEAK 6535, SEC. 10, T. 31 S., R. 7 W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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 031S 007W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE, COBBLE, & BOULDER GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GT 1"=27.1%. AFTER CRUSHING: 1"=100%
Result 1/2"=70.1%
Result #4=35.7%
Result #10=29.8%
Result #40=12.9%
Result #100=5%. LIQUID LIMIT = 15
Result NONPLASTIC. SWELL = .009. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.63385, 38.12497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Blue Ribbon Lineament

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

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 0.418HA
    Overall length 125M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL FROM PIT USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED; PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS, SAND; OBLATE TO EQUANT

Reporter information

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

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