Gravel Pit #27077 Utah Dept. of Highways

Past Producer in Washington 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011005
MRDS ID D005123
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27077 Utah Dept. of Highways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77859, 37.56525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1700 FEET SOUTH OF THE KNOLL ELEVATION 5783 IN NE 1/4 17, 37S, 17W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hebron(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 017W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GT 1" 38.5, AFTER CRUSHING1" 100, #4 50.7, #10 39.8, #406.0 #200 0.9, LIQUID LIMIT 22.2, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .022 A.A.S.H.O 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) -113.77859, 37.56525

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 160.02M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board And Woodruff Holt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.627HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS,MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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