Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 02002

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042032
MRDS ID M058186
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 02002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03053, 41.34465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH 10 DEG. EAST OF UTAH HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 002W 14 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER 1 IN., 0.0%
Result LESS 1 IN., 7.4%
Result 1 IN, 92.6%
Result AFTER CRUSHING, 1/2 IN., 90%
Result NO. 4, 71.5%
Result NO. 10, 59.1%
Result NO. 40, 20.5%
Result NO. 200, 3.4%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bingham Quartzite
    Rock description Bingham Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasatch Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Madre District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Comments on the workings information

  • 60,000 CUBIC YARDS REMOVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, BOX ELDER COUNTRY

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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