Pavant Butte South Cinder Pit No.4

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087058
MRDS ID D004548
Record type Site
Current site name Pavant Butte South Cinder Pit No.4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55023, 39.1169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 2,400 FEET SOUTH OF PAVANT BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pahvant Butte South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 006W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2, NW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55023, 39.1169

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinder Cone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.426HA
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 1YD ADJACENT PIT 50YDS X 25YDS X 1YD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGAN, R.J. 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCORACIOUS ANGULOR TO VERY ANGULAR - EQUANT

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.