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Cedar, Buzzard, and Johnson Benches

Occurrence in Emery 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078211
MRDS ID W026417
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar, Buzzard, and Johnson Benches

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09353, 39.1969 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position AT FOOT OF WASATCH PLATEAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Dale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS ON SCATTERED BENCHES AT BASE OF WASATCH PLATEAU IN SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravel
    Rock description Pediment Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09353, 39.1969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGES
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 7924.8M
    Width 1828.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pedimentation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDES MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS COLLECTIVELY COVERING THOUSANDS OF ACRES AT AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 40 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MOSTLY UNTESTED MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP SPIEKER, E. M., USGS BULL. 819

  • Reserve-Resource

    SPIEKER, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE THICKEST CLOSEST TO PLATEAU AND DIP AWAY FROM PLATEAU. DEPOSIT MADE UP OF MANY INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS, EACH NOT EXCEEDING THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS. TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED IN SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
Deposit SEE PAGES 48 AND 49 OF SPIEKER, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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