Horse Ranch Mountain Se Borrow Pit No 1

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011306
MRDS ID D005900
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Ranch Mountain Se Borrow Pit No 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10273, 37.28359 (WGS84)
Elevation 1237
Relative position 20000 FEET SOUTH OF SPENDLOVE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Guardian Angels(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)

Federal lands

Zion National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 011W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NOT SURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10273, 37.28359

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spendlove Knoll Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.314HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1979, UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    L I PERRY, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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