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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11078

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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011042
MRDS ID D005222
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.54192, 37.66636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 7350 FEET EAST BY NORTH OF NEWCASTLE CEMENTARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(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 036S 015W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING 1" 8.2, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, #4 70.5, #10 56.4, #40 17.4 #200 3.7, LIQUID LIMIT 19.3, PLASTICTY INDEX N.P., SWELL .013 A.A.S.H.O 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) -113.54192, 37.66636
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Escalante Valley

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. T. Forsythe

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.183HA
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATIO

  • Production

    PERRY L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

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

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