Tabernacle Crater Cinder Pit

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  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 10087092
MRDS ID D004688
Record type Site
Current site name Tabernacle Crater Cinder Pit
Related records 10300142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5319, 38.91135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position AT THE CREST OF TABERNACLE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tabernacle Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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

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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 006W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5319, 38.91135

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Delta Graben

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 4572M
    Width 4572M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979 GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCASIONAL USE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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