North Fish Springs Pit No. 1

Past Producer in Juab 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10087439
MRDS ID D007356
Record type Site
Current site name North Fish Springs Pit No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.41194, 39.878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1000 FT NW OF DEADMAN SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 10 NW OF SE NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.41194, 39.878

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form FAN
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Highways
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.752HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EADS, J.P., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY: JUAB CO.

  • Production

    EADS, J.A., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL TO MEDIUM COBBLES IN AN ALLUVIAL FAN DEPOSIT. POOR TO MOD. SORTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Eads, James P. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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