Birch Spring Draw Gravel Pit.

Past Producer in Daggett 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101649
MRDS ID D006254
Record type Site
Current site name Birch Spring Draw Gravel Pit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.73656, 40.95384 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF MOENKOPI CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manila(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 019E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILT TO BOULDERS, POORLY SORTED, PEBBLES AND COBBLES DOMINATE, MOSTLY SUBANGULAR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Bench Gravel
    Rock description Bench Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.73656, 40.95384

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-LENS
    Thickness 7.32M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aggrading Benches

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manila Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.071HA
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 169.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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