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Wiregrass and Wattis Benches Gravel Deposits

Occurrence in Carbon 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096389
MRDS ID W015642
Record type Site
Current site name Wiregrass and Wattis Benches Gravel Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.01353, 39.57468 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 15500 FT, N5E OF WATTIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wattis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 0014S 008E 27 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS ON SCATTERED BENCHES BELOW WASATCH PLATEAU CLIFFS, SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY UNTESTED MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pediment Gravel
    Rock description Pediment Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.01353, 39.57468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGES
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 1981.2M
    Width 1524M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pedimentation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Private And State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDES SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL DEPOSIT, COLLECTIVELY COVERING A FEW THOUSAND ACRES AT AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 25 FEET.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MOSTLY UNTESTED MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, E.M., 1931, THE WASATCH PLATEAU COAL FIELD, UTAH: US. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 819, P. 48-49

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP SPIEKER, E.M., BULL. 81

  • Reserve-Resource

    SPIEKER, 1931, P. 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE PAGES 48 AND 49 OF SPIEKER, BULL. 819. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit DEPOSIT ARE THICKEST CLOSEST TO PLATEAU AND DIP AWAY FROM PLATEAU. DEPOSIT MADE UP TO SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL PEDIMENTS, NONE OF WHICH EXCEED THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS. TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED AT A FEW THOUSAND ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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