Little Finger Knoll

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. 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015768
MRDS ID DB01966
Record type Site
Current site name Little Finger Knoll
Related records 10130396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11833, 41.01437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1306
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF LITTLE FINGER KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(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)

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 011W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11833, 41.01437

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET/WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    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 Grassy Mtns

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Air Force
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.261HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LAKESIDE & NORTHERN GRASSY MTNS.; UNIV. OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUND PEBBLES AND COBBLES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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