Oak Springhollow Borrow Pits

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015394
MRDS ID DB00984
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Springhollow Borrow Pits
Related records 10276257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.83021, 38.50386 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTES 24 AND 25 .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burrville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 001E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: WEST 1/2 , NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC. 32 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Colluvial Deposits
    Rock description Colluvial Deposits

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.83021, 38.50386

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fishlake Plateau

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Talus Slopes, Volcanic Vent.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.314HA
    Overall length 75M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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