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Railroad Quarry

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015826
MRDS ID DB02076
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Quarry
Related records 10203087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90614, 41.3602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1411
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF LUCIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N;008N 018W;018W 03,04;33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE SEC. 33 , NE SEC. 4 , NW SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Grandeur Member Park City Formation
    Rock description Grandeur Mbr. Park City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90614, 41.3602
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

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 Southern Pacific Railroad

Comments on the production information

  • USED TO PROVIDE BALLAST FOR RAILROAD ACROSS GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.666HA
    Overall length 670.56M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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