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Escalante Ranch Gravel Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088789
MRDS ID M058718
Record type Site
Current site name Escalante Ranch Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.30543, 40.41663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1459
Relative position 8,750 FT S 07 W OF DINOSAUR QUARRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dinosaur Quarry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 023E 02 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.30543, 40.41663
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jensen Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dinosaur Quarry-Split Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intermountain Concrete
  • Type Owner
    Owner Escalante Ranch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWLEY, P.D., KINNEY, D.M., AND HANSEN, W.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DINOSAUR QUARRY QUADRANGLA, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, USGS MAP GQ-1513.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1984, UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS-5 TO 15 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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