Catherine Black Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Wayne 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088124
MRDS ID DB00709
Record type Site
Current site name Catherine Black Gravel Pit
Related records 10130834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44825, 38.30331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST OF TORREY, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 004E 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name River Terrace Gravels
    Rock description River Terrace Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44825, 38.30331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Teasdale Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 5 DEG NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Catherine Black

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS TERRACE GRAVEL ALONG FREMONT RIVER. DEPOSIT IS VERY EXTENSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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