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Cinder Pit

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015585
MRDS ID DB01599
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Pit
Related records 10252482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60663, 37.18831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1210
Relative position 9,100 FEET NORTHEAST OF SNOW SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(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 041S 016W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 1" 3.8 , AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100 , 1/2" 95.3 , # 4 69.3 , # 10 43.5 , # 40 19.4 # 200 3.9 , LIQUID LIMIT 33.4 , PLASTICITY INDEX NP, SWELL .005 , AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Qat Basalt
    Rock description Qat Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 36.58M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tj And Tj Mill And Lumber Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIAL INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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