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Bear Flat Borrow Pit

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011010
MRDS ID D005134
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Flat Borrow Pit
Related records 10179396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.8569, 37.69192 (WGS84)
Elevation 3041
Relative position 7200 FT W. OF BRIAN HEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brian Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 036S 009W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNCONSOLIDATED ROCK AND SOIL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.8569, 37.69192
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Outwash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.025HA
    Overall length 30M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT INDICATES INFREQUENT USE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

Reporter information

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

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