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Kanab Creek Gravel Pits

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088280
MRDS ID DB01479
Record type Site
Current site name Kanab Creek Gravel Pits
Related records 10129886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47021, 37.4086 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.9 MILES NW OF SWAPP RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 006W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: EAST 1/2 OF NE 1/4 SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dakota And Tropic Formations Undivided
    Rock description Dakota And Tropic Formations Undivided
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kanab - Paunsaugunt Block Bounded By The Markagunt And Paunsaugunt Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.125HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS DISCONTINUOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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