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Thousand Springs Creek 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010988
MRDS ID D005100
Record type Site
Current site name Thousand Springs Creek Gravel Pit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02865, 41.37214 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES NORTH OF RHYOLITE BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(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 008N 019W 33 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result LIMESTONE, CHERTY LIMESTONE, MINOR SILTSTONE AND CHERT PEBBLES AND COBBLES

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) Older alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

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 Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State Road Commission

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall length 120M
    Overall width 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS IN ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR PEBBLES MOSTLY

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.

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