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Dune Sand Deposit #27045

Prospect 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096889
MRDS ID DB01087
Record type Site
Current site name Dune Sand Deposit #27045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53969, 37.11887 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 6,500 FEET EAST NORTHEAST OF EAST ST. GEORGE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint George(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 042S 015W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result NOT CRUSHED OVER 1 IN .6 , 1 IN 99.4 , 1/2 IN , #4 98.3 , #10 97.6 , #40 96.4 , #200 17.9 , LIQUID LIMIT 15.1 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL 0.2 , A.A.S.H.O. A- 2 - 4 (0).

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53969, 37.11887
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form DUNE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sand Dunes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Hawkes

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

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

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