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North Paragonah Interchange 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011038
MRDS ID D005215
Record type Site
Current site name North Paragonah Interchange Pit
Related records 10130446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77468, 37.91691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1759
Relative position 2950 FT. NNW OF THE PARAGONAH OVERPASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paragonah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 008W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBANGULAR & SUBROUNDED; PEBBLES AND COBBLES, OBLATE TO EQUANT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77468, 37.91691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valley Fill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.732HA
    Overall length 175M
    Overall width 45.72M

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

Beyond USGS

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