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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11056

Past Producer in Iron 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087136
MRDS ID D005232
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16358, 37.59359 (WGS84)
Elevation 1679
Relative position 3900 FEET SOUTHWEST OF HILL 6048, SEC 12 T 37 S, R 12 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanarraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 012W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CURSHING 3" 0, 1" 0, 1" 100, #4 88.7, #10 86.2, #40 79.8 #200 57.9, LIQUID LIMIT 21.3, PLASTICITY INDEX 1.4, SWELL 1.2 A.A.S.H.O. A-4-14

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16358, 37.59359
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurrican Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner A .L. Graft

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.366HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF IRON CO., 1965

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL UTAHSTATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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