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Ash Creek Borrow Pit

Occurrence 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 10088805
MRDS ID M058767
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Creek Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24886, 37.3722 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position 4,350 FEET N 52 W FROM 6475 FOOT PEAK ON BLACK RIDGE IN SECTION 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Mesa(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 039S 012W 30 NE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE HURRICANE CLIFFS. ; 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) -113.24886, 37.3722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hurricane Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hurricane Cliffs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE BROAD PIT ABOUT 1000 FEET IN DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • BORROW PIT WAS PROBABLY USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE I-15 FREEWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSIST OF A WEDGE OF TALUS AND ALLUVIAL FAN MATERIAL SHED FROM THE HURRICANE CLIFFS

Reporter information

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

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