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Section 9 Gravel Pit

Occurrence in Iron 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042298
MRDS ID M058827
Record type Site
Current site name Section 9 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97665, 37.77469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1702
Relative position 3,100 FEET S 60 W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF GOLD SPRINGS WASH AND HIGHWAY 56

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Modena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 019W 09 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97665, 37.77469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Escalante Desert Graben, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Southwest Extension Of Graben Bounding Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Escalante Graben

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLUVIAL FAN IS INCISED BY PRESENT DRAINAGES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Modena District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE MAIN PIT, ABOUT 300 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 20 FEET DEEP, AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING, SMALL PROSPECT TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEST, M.G., 1984 PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AREA BETWEEN HAMLIN VALLEY AND ESCALANTE DESERT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-154, SCALE 1.50,000.

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN ALLUVINUAL FAN FLANKING THE ESCALANTE DESERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Shubat, Michael A. 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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