Gravel Pit #27009

Past Producer in Washington 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011160
MRDS ID D005453
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25108, 37.37276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 5,300 FEET NORTH NORTHEAST OF EXIT IN SEC 36, T39S, R13W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pintura(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 012W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GT 3" 6.4, GT 1" 27.6, AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100, #4 53.6, #10 40.9, #40 31.6, #200 18.0, LIQUID LIMIT 21.6, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .010, 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) -113.25108, 37.37276

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 WEDGE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 546.8M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 12.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

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 Spillsburg Land And Livestock Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.345HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1959 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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