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Black Point Gravel 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011167
MRDS ID D005465
Record type Site
Current site name Black Point Gravel Pit
Related records 10299883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04412, 37.82608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1656
Relative position 8350 FT SSW OF BLACK POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enoch(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 034S 011W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE, COBBLE, BOULDER GRAVEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt Flow
    Rock description Basalt Flow
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Volcanic Alluvium
    Rock description Unconsolidated Volcanic Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04412, 37.82608
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.1HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENSES OF VARYING SIZE COMPOSITION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED PEBBLES, COBBLE AND A FEW BOULDERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

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