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Thermo Gravel Pit #2

Past Producer in Beaver 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101531
MRDS ID D004562
Record type Site
Current site name Thermo Gravel Pit #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16524, 38.17691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 13,100 FEET WEST OF THE SINK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 012W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDS OF SAND AND SILT, A FEW BOULDERS ALSO PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16524, 38.17691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD, ADJACENT PIT NORTH AT 30 YDS X 20 YDS X 1 YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOLMAP ROWLEY, PETER D., GR-149

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUB-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY TABULAR IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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