Gravel Pit #27058

Past Producer in Washington 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10088300
MRDS ID DB01593
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #27058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.63997, 37.13165 (WGS84)
Elevation 856
Relative position 300 FEET WEST OF SANTA CLARA RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Clara(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 016W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 1 IN 45.3 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN 100 , #4 49.3 , #10 40.3 , #40 29.7 #200 7.2 , LIQUID LIMIT 7.2 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .011 , AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.63997, 37.13165

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 874.88M
    Width 251.46M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE MUCH LARGER BUT MAJOR PART OF DEPOSIT IS UNDER A SUBDIVISION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.045HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 114.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF THE DEPOSIT IS UNDER A SUBDIVISION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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