Rock Springs Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Emery 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015381
MRDS ID DB00963
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Springs Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29825, 38.54191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1870
Relative position 1.9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomons Temple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 006E 17 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.105HA
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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