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The Cinders Central Cinder Pit

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. 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 10090800
MRDS ID D004528
Record type Site
Current site name The Cinders Central Cinder Pit
Related records 10129922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51607, 38.98329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 5.20 MILES NNE OF TABERNACLE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tabernacle Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 006W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Cinders Ore
Pumice Ore
Scoria Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51607, 38.98329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 27.43M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basalt Flow

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.056HA
    Overall length 30M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 FOOT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN R.J., 1979, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 - GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL CINDER AREA SURROUNDED BY MASSIVE BASALT FLOWS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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