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Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19009, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, Utah, USAi
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Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19009Pit
La Sal MountainsMountain Range
San Juan CountyCounty
UtahState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 20' 28'' North , 109° 12' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.34111,-109.20972
GeoHash:
G#: 9wf64ggcj
GRN:
N26W62
Type:
Pit
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
La Sal395 (2011)4.6km
Spanish Valley491 (2011)27.5km
Castle Valley342 (2017)37.4km
Moab5,235 (2017)39.3km
Monticello2,069 (2017)53.5km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Moab Rock ClubMoab, Utah39km
Mindat Locality ID:
184900
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:184900:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY
Deposit:: UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965
Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR
Reserve-Resource:: LEE I. PERRY, 1977
Commodities (Trace) - Sand and Gravel
Deposit Type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Morrison Formation, Brushy Basin Member
Host Rock: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic), Sedimentary Rock, Gravel
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform

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