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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11066

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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106553
MRDS ID D005227
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11066

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95052, 38.11164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position ADJACENT TO PENNY HOLLOW POND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Willow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 010W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE, COBBLE, & BOULDER GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Basalt Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: AFTER CRUSHING: 1"=100%, 1/2"=80.2%
Result #4=52.4%
Result #10=41.9%
Result #40=17.1%
Result #200=8.8%
Result LIQUID LIMIT=17. NON PLASTIC, SWELL=.003, A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Terrace
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Terrace

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95052, 38.11164
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Blue Ribbon Summit

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace Alluviation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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 Unknown
    Area 0.201HA
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED; PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS

Reporter information

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

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