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Gravel Deposit #27046

Prospect in Washington 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088203
MRDS ID DB01088
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Deposit #27046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52052, 37.1097 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position 7,000 FEET NORTHWEST OF NICHOLS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 015W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING OVER 3 IN 4.9 , OVER 1 IN 26.2 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN 100 , 1/2 IN 83.4 , #4 56.4 , #10 56.4 , #40 50.0 , #200 13.1 , LIQUID LIMIT 16.5 PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .022 A.A.S.H.O. A-1-B

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) -113.52052, 37.1097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICALAR
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 548.64M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flood Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Sandberg And St. George City

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DEPOSIT HAS NEVER BEEN WORKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY - WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

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