Skinners Peak Gravel Pit #6

Producer in Juab 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. 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 10107501
MRDS ID D007487
Record type Site
Current site name Skinners Peak Gravel Pit #6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.923, 39.42774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 5000 FT WEST OF SKINNERS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skinner Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 001W 22 NW OF NW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYROCLASTIC PEBBLES, WELL SORTED, CLEAN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.923, 39.42774

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 328.08M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.105HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONNELLY, M.P., UT. GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    CONNELLY, M.P., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL IS OF PYROCLASTIC ORIGIN, QUITE CLEAN, ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED, WELL SORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Connelly, Michael P. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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