Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13004

Past Producer in Kane 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098013
MRDS ID DB01817
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.66884, 37.24582 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 0.1 MILE WEST OF MT. CARMEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(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 Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 007W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100% ON 1 IN., 74% ON 1/2 IN., 45% ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 17
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .007
Result AASHO CLASS: A-1-A
Result ABR 500 REV: 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Qat Alluvial Deposits
    Rock description Qat Alluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.66884, 37.24582

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Esplin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY: KANE COUNTY

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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