Horse Ranch Mountain Se Cinder Pit No. 3

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011055
MRDS ID D005253
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Ranch Mountain Se Cinder Pit No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10912, 37.33665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2102
Relative position ON SPENDLOVE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Guardian Angels(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 011W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10912, 37.33665

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 762M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zion National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.