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Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11011

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087256
MRDS ID D005908
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50606, 38.01553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 2250 FT N OF BIG SWAMP SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(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 032S 006W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A-1-A

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" = 22.8%
Result GREATER THAN 1"=55.7% AFTER CRUSHING
Result 1" = 100%
Result #40 = 40.5%, #10 = 31.5%
Result #40 = 20.1%, #200 = 8.3%. LIQUID LIMIT = 23.5. NONPLASTIC SWELL = .070. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Volcanic Breccia Alluvium
    Rock description Unconsolidated Volcanic Breccia Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50606, 38.01553
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
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 Surface
    Area 0.067HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS HAVE OCCURRED ON THE STREAM TERRACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1955 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    WILBERG, D E, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR SUBROUNDED; PEBBLES COBBLES BOULDER

Reporter information

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

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