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L.G. Whitney #2 Prospect

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011086
MRDS ID D005300
Record type Site
Current site name L.G. Whitney #2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44861, 41.97936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgedale Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(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 014N 005W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS % PASSING: GT 1"=20.4% PLASTIC LIMIT = 20.9, LIQUID LIMIT = .069, CLASS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Wells Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Hills

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. G. Whitney

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. 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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