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The V Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015180
MRDS ID DB00365
Record type Site
Current site name The V Sandstone Quarry
Related records 10129932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11627, 40.39996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES WEST OF COLORADO LINE AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF DANIELS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stuntz Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 025E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member
    Rock description Shinarump Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11627, 40.39996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 34 DEG E
    Dip 9 DEG NW
    Depth to top 0.13M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Pattern Breaking Sandstone Favorable Size Blocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 9.14M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDSTONE BED TILTED WITH A FRACTURE ZONE WHICH FORMED A ZONE OF WEAKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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