Gravel Pit

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078616
MRDS ID W027034
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.10428, 37.14834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1393
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3.25 MILES WEST OF THE UTAH - COLORADO BORDER, 10.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED SHIRT RESERVOIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peters Nipple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 026E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4, SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.10428, 37.14834

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.35HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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