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Sage Valley Gravel Pit

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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011009
MRDS ID D005133
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Valley Gravel Pit
Related records 10155084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79496, 37.55859 (WGS84)
Elevation 2938
Relative position 1700 FT. NW OF THE GAUGING STATION ON THE NAVAJO LAKE DAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Navajo Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(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

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 08W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY COARSE PEBBLE GRAVEL, COBBLE GRAVEL, AND BOULDER GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Claron Formation
    Rock description Claron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalts
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 125M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR; BLOCKY, PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS. SEVERAL QUARRIES EXIST WITHIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXPOSED FORMATION WEATHERS PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS

Reporter information

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

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