Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No 14038

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087039
MRDS ID D004501
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No 14038

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48412, 38.80329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position 1200 FEET SOUTH OF BLACK ROCK VOLCANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanosh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 005W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Cinders Ore
Pumice Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result 1/2":93.4
Result #4:75.2
Result #10:57.8
Result #40:20.4
Result #200:1.7
Result LIQUID LIMIT:31.9
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:.005
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION:A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt Flow
    Rock description Basalt Flow
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48412, 38.80329

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.171HA
    Overall length 185M
    Overall width 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 5 FT. ADJACENT PIT 125 YDS X 50 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION-SECTION MILLARD COUNTY MATERIAL INVENTORY, 196

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR-SCORACIOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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