Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 2

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088126
MRDS ID DB00718
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65965, 38.42108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 1.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOA FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loa(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 027S 002E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65965, 38.42108

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Loa Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.84HA
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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