Mine detail: Section 9 Gravel Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.77469, -113.97665

Resource(N)

Primary:	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ore:	Sand
Orebody form:	WEDGE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Alluvium
Structure:	Escalante Desert Graben, Sevier Orogenic Belt, Southwest Extension Of Graben Bounding Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M058827
DEP	10042298
Reference	{Deposit:: BEST, M.G., 1984 PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AREA BETWEEN HAMLIN VALLEY AND ESCALANTE DESERT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-154, SCALE 1.50,000.}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.