Gravel Pit #11062 Utah Dept. of Highways

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011061
MRDS ID D005266
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #11062 Utah Dept. of Highways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2183, 37.49942 (WGS84)
Elevation 1596
Relative position 10,200 FEET NORTHEAST OF FORT HARMONY MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kolob Arch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING GT 3", 0 GT 1" 21 AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, 1/2, 76.1 #4 48.9, #10 42.2, #40 30.4, #200 10.8 LIQUID LIMIT 20.3 PLASTICITY INDEX N. P SWELL .007 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) -113.2183, 37.49942

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pine Valley Mts.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valley Fill

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.703HA
    Overall length 450M
    Overall width 114.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON CO

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • 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.