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Gravel Pit #27037

Past Producer in Washington 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. 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015432
MRDS ID DB01076
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44691, 37.15081 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 4000 FEET SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 014W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 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. 10.32 %, OVER 1 IN. 28.9 %, LIQUID LIMIT 17.6 , PLASTICITY INDEX N. P., SWELL .014 , AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44691, 37.15081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 218.72M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, WASHINGTON COUNTY MATERIAL INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

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