National Monument South Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042260
MRDS ID M058719
Record type Site
Current site name National Monument South Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25182, 40.41302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1452
Relative position 10,750 FT S 03 E OF SPLIT MTN. GORGE CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dinosaur Quarry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dinosaur National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 024E 06 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25182, 40.41302

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jensen Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cub Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • USED NOW AS A DUMP SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWLEY, P.D., MCKINNEY, D.M., AND HANSEN, W.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DINOSAUR QUARRY QUADRANGLE, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, USGS MAP GQ-1513.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, BRYCE T., 1984, UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT IS ABOUT 70 YDS IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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