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North Newfoundland Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. 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 10010986
MRDS ID D005097
Record type Site
Current site name North Newfoundland Gravel Pit
Related records 10251346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.31751, 41.27242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1294
Relative position AT NORTH END OF NEWFOUNDLAND MOUNTAINS 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 013W 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-WEDGE SHAPED
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine Shore, Beach Or Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.243HA
    Overall length 90M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR PEBBLES, COBBLES TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

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

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

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