Borrow Pit #27015

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015359
MRDS ID DB00854
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit #27015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.34552, 37.25165 (WGS84)
Elevation 1146
Relative position 0.9 MILE NORTHEAST OF ANDERSON JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pintura(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 013W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING OVER 3 IN. 9.4 , OVER 1 IN. 23.2
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN. 100, 1/2 IN. 84.6
Result # 4 : 68.9
Result #10 : 59.5
Result #40 : 49.9
Result #200 : 10.4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 17
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: 006

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.34552, 37.25165

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 546.8M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 9.75M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Naegle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY - WASHINGTON, CO

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREX UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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