Gravel Pit #27008 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10011007
MRDS ID D005127
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27008 Utah Dept. of Highways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06829, 37.4197 (WGS84)
Elevation 1454
Relative position 2,500 FEET NORTH OF ASH CREEK DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kolob Reservoir(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 012W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 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 3" 18.3, GT 1" 33.0, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, #4 55.1, #10 43.3 #40 25.0, #200 4.5, LIQUID LIMIT, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .018 A.A.S.H.D 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) -113.06829, 37.4197

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Harricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Graff

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.672HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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