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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11028

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011011
MRDS ID D005136
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83996, 37.73998 (WGS84)
Elevation 2597
Relative position 18200 FT. WNW 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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 009W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GT 1" = 14.3%. AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 58.4%
Result #4 = 32.3%
Result #10 = 26%
Result #40 = 20.4%
Result #200 = 10.4%. LIQUID LIMIT = 20.4. NONPLASTIC. SWELL = .012. A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Fan Debris
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Fan Debris
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83996, 37.73998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurrican Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.05HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM A STEEP HILLSIDE ADJACENT TO THE HIGHWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CONGLOMERATIC CLARON FORMATION, COMPOSED OF ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE CLASTS.

Reporter information

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

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