The Buttes North Gravel

Past Producer in Box Elder 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010975
MRDS ID D005084
Record type Site
Current site name The Buttes North Gravel
Related records 10300293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90503, 41.55658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NORTH OF THE BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toms Cabin Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 018W 27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result LIMESTONE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, MINOR QUARTZITE AND RHYOLITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90503, 41.55658

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-WEDGE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grouse Creek Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS; 2ND IS 25 X 20 YARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUND PEBBLES AND COBBLES, MANY ARE FLAT. WORKINGS ARE IN MUCH LARGER DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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