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Wellington Nw Gravel Pits

Producer in Carbon 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042197
MRDS ID M058581
Record type Site
Current site name Wellington Nw Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74158, 39.55246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 1,200 FT N 10 W OF THE WELLINGTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010E 01 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAST ARE MOSTLY SANDSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result POORLY - SORTED, WELL - ROUNDED MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mancos Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carbon Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16.647HA
    Overall length 827.23M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PIT IS 1200 FT X 300 FT WITH 6 FT AVERAGE DEPTH; EAST PIT IS 1100 FT X 1400 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CARBON AND EMERY COUNTRIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEDIMENT GRAVELS OF THE BOOK CLIFFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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