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Elliker Basin Borrow 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011198
MRDS ID D005507
Record type Site
Current site name Elliker Basin Borrow Pit
Related records 10227486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9844, 37.77692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777
Relative position 6150 FT. W. OF CINDER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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)

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 010W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE PEBBLE GRAVEL AND BOULDER GRAVEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9844, 37.77692
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.829HA
    Overall length 330M
    Overall width 160.02M

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 ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED; PEBBLE, COBBLES, BOULDERS

Reporter information

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

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