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Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11058

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. 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 10011317
MRDS ID D005926
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20163, 37.54998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 4200 FT WNW OF THE KARARRAVILLE CEMETRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanarraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 012W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND, PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF RHYOLITE, QUARTZ LATITE & BASALT.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%
Result #4 = 99.5%
Result #10 = 97.1%
Result #40 = 86.8%
Result #200 = 73.8%
Result LIQUID LIMIT = 24.1. PLASTIC INDEX = 3.4. SWELL = 0.2. A-4-(8)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Ouichapa Formation
    Rock description Ouichapa Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20163, 37.54998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. B. Anderson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.125HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 PITS IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA, BOTH EVIDENTLY WERE EXCAVATED FOR MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAY, MATERIAL INVENTORY, IRON COUNTY, 196

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D E, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES

Reporter information

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

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