Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11040

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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011212
MRDS ID D005536
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05579, 37.70637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 2600 FT. N NE OF THE KNOLL, LOCATED IN SEC. 2, T 36 N R 11 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City(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 035S 011W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY COARSE PEBBLE GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 1" = 11.8%. AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 61.8%
Result NO. 4 = 21.7%
Result NO. 10 = 16.8%
Result NO. 40 = 13.6%
Result NO. 200 = 6.1%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05579, 37.70637

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Parry

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14.194HA
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WEDGE-SHAPED GRAVEL PIT RANGES 0 FT APPROXIMATELY 30 FT. THICK. EXCAVATION HAS OCCURED AT SEVERAL LEVELS. AVERAGE DEPTH OF WORKING IS APPROX. 10 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF ANGULAR PEBBLES AND COBBLES COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF LIMESTONE OBLATE CLASTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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