Wrathall Pass No. 1 Gravel Pit

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 10011110
MRDS ID D005345
Record type Site
Current site name Wrathall Pass No. 1 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91083, 41.01771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 0.5 MILE WEST OF WRATHALL PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sally Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(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 003N 009W 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result MOSTLY LIMESTONE COBBLES AND PEBBLES, SOME LIME IS SANDY AND CHERTY, MINOR DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE

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) -112.91083, 41.01771

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-SHAPED-BLANKET
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • BASED ON PIT EXAMINATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS. AND THE GRASSY MTNS. AND VICINTIY, TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COUNTIES, UTAH: PH.D. THESIS, U. OF U.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP H.H. DOELLING, UNIV OF UTAH PH.D THESI

  • Production

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USED INTERMITTENTLY, ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND PEBBLES TO 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER, WORKED AREA PART OF EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT COVERING MANY SQUARE MILES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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