Gravel Deposit #27036

Prospect 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096888
MRDS ID DB01081
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Deposit #27036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43663, 37.16554 (WGS84)
Elevation 994
Relative position 3,200 FEET EAST NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 014W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING OVER 3 IN 20.5 , OVER 1 IN 40.5 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN 100 , 1/2 IN 85.5 , #4 58.3 , #10 47.2 , #40 34.9 , #200 16.0 , LIQUID LIMIT 19.9 PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .017 A.A.S.H.O. A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43663, 37.16554

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 765.52M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION MATERIALS INVENTORY - WASHINGTON CO

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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