Ellis, Bingham Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087154
MRDS ID D005320
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis, Bingham Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08775, 41.66104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Relative position .2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Honeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 011N 002W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 5, 1" = 28, AFTER CRUSHING 1" = 100 1/2" = #4 = 34.5 #10 = 23.6 #40 = 15.4 #200 = 7.5 LL == 19.5 PI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08775, 41.66104

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wellsville Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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