Gravel Deposit #27002

Prospect 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015645
MRDS ID DB01703
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Deposit #27002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.30386, 37.47359 (WGS84)
Elevation 1594
Relative position 2000 FEET SOUTHEAST OF NEW HARMONY CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Harmony(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 038S 013W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3 IN. 0 , GREATER THAN 1 IN. 18.1 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN. 100 , #4 58.3 , #10 45.8 , #40 29.8 , #200 12.5 , LIQUID LIMIT 18.5 , PLASTICITY INDEX 3.8 , SWELL .017 AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.30386, 37.47359

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pine Valley Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 164.04M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ether Wood

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1951 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-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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