Unknown Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Emery 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105731
MRDS ID W014835
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.25962, 38.96191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES SOUTH 72 DEG WEST OF GREEN RIVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessies Twist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 015E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.25962, 38.96191

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS MANY SMALL PITS AVERANGING 100 FT. BY 150 FT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS USED SPORADICALLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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