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U-30-2

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 10015775
MRDS ID DB01980
Record type Site
Current site name U-30-2
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02124
Related records 10178697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08335, 41.93853 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF CURLEW JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curlew Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(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 011W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3 IN = .0%
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN = 15.0%
Result AFTER CRUSHING: 1 IN = 100% #4 = 45.5%
Result #10 = 41.0%
Result #40 = 24.3%
Result #200 = 2%
Result LIQUID LIMIT 19.6 NONPLASTIC SWELL .020, A-1-A

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08335, 41.93853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    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 Curlew Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Transportation
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.619HA
    Overall length 280M
    Overall width 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2ND OLDER PIT 60 X 100 YARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1971 , MATERIALS INVENTORY: BOX ELDER COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1955 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUND, SUBANGULAR 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.

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