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Sears Creek Gravel Deposit

Occurrence in Daggett 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011418
MRDS ID D006239
Record type Site
Current site name Sears Creek Gravel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14765, 40.85467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position GREEN RIVER-SEARS CANYON CONFLUENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper 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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N;002N 024E;025E 36,35;31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO PART OF SEC. 6, T. 1N, R25E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.14765, 40.85467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 1174.79M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Browns Park Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 66, 116 P

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, POORLY SORTED TO SMALL BOULDERS IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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