Gravel Pit # 27012

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10015588
MRDS ID DB01604
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit # 27012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26969, 37.3347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3000 SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PINTURA 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 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 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 GREATER THAN 3" 14.1 , GREATER THAN 1" 40.3 , AFTER CRUSHING 1" 100 , 1/2" 73.0 , # 4 45.9 , # 10 38.3 # 40 28.8 , # 200 8.0 , LIQUID LIMIT 18 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .000 , AASHO A-1-A

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26969, 37.3347

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pine Valley Mts.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 546.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 6.71M

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 Norma Saunders

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.361HA
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • 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.