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Section 24 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10011215
MRDS ID D005542
Record type Site
Current site name Section 24 Gravel Pit
Related records 10252371

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03579, 37.74081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 16,100 FT. NE OF THE KNOLL

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 011W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY COARSE COBBLE GRAVEL, BOULDER GRAVEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03579, 37.74081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

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 0.543HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE EXCAVATED FOR MATERIAL USED TO BUILD THE FREEWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED; PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS; OBLATE, EQUANT

Reporter information

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

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