Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11062

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087261
MRDS ID D005925
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #11062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21747, 37.50387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 14500 FT SW OF THE KANARRAVILLE CEMETARY

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)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 08 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND, PEBBLES & COBBLES OF SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE AND BASALT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 1" = 21%-AFTER CRUSHING: 1" = 100%
Result 1/2" = 76.1%
Result #4 = 48.9%
Result #10 = 42.2%
Result #40 = 30.4%
Result #200 = 10.8%. LIQUID LIMIT = 20.3. NONPLASTIC SWELL = .007. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
    Rock description Unconsolidated Alluvial Surface
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21747, 37.50387

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE TO TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan-Floodplain

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. E. Davis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY, 1965, IRON COUNTY

  • Production

    WILBERG, D E, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED CLASTS; OBLATE TO EQUANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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