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Virgin River Borrow Pits

Producer 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088793
MRDS ID M058727
Record type Site
Current site name Virgin River Borrow Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26135, 37.19276 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 4100 FEET S 34 E FROM CITY OF LA VERKIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 25 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26135, 37.19276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline, Hurricane Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hurricane Cliffs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO BORROW PITS ABOUT 100 FEET IN DIAMETER EACH.

Comments on development

  • BORROW PITS BEING USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE QUAIL CREEK RESERVOIR PROJECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ACTIVE RIVER TERRACE DEPOSITS IN THE VIRGIN RIVER CANYON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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