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Adamsville Gravel Pit

Producer in Beaver 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042310
MRDS ID M058875
Record type Site
Current site name Adamsville Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75107, 38.25775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6200 FEET S 82 E FROM ADAMSVILLE CEMETRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 008W 28 NW OF NE OF SW 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75107, 38.25775
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt, Pioche Mineral Belt, Beaver Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • COBBLES UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. ROCK TYPES INCLUDE BASALT, SPHERALITIC TUFF, INTRUSIVE, LIMESTONE, AND SCORIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Adamsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 26.285HA
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVELS COMPRISING A RIVER TERRACE OF THE BEAVER RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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