Cinder Pit

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088188
MRDS ID DB01049
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Pit
Alternate or previous names Black Knoll Claim
Related records 10300913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33802, 37.21304 (WGS84)
Elevation 988
Relative position 500 FEET NORTHEAST OF MINERAL MOUMENT #2 .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ash Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33802, 37.21304

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 365.76M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisburg

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SURFACE PITS WHERE CINDER HAVE REMOVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A CINDER CONE CONTAINING VOLCANIC CINDER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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