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Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19007, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, Utah, USAi
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Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19007Pit
La Sal MountainsMountain Range
San Juan CountyCounty
UtahState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 18' 49'' North , 109° 15' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.31361,-109.25528
GeoHash:
G#: 9wf3cyf8z
GRN:
N26W62
Type:
Pit
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
La Sal395 (2011)0.6km
Spanish Valley491 (2011)26.7km
Castle Valley342 (2017)38.6km
Moab5,235 (2017)38.6km
Monticello2,069 (2017)49.7km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Moab Rock ClubMoab, Utah39km
Mindat Locality ID:
184898
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:184898:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965
Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTOR
Reserve-Resource:: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY
Commodities (Minor) - Sand and Gravel
Deposit Type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Chinle Formation
Host Rock: Unconsolidated Deposit
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform

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