Parcell and Cragun Pit

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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087183
MRDS ID D005403
Record type Site
Current site name Parcell and Cragun Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03164, 41.34854 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position EAST OF COLD 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 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS % PASSING BEFORE CRUSHING: GT 3" 4.9 GT 1" 24.3 1" 100 AFTER CRUSHING: 1/2" 85 #4 53.5 #10 39 #40 14.5 #200 7.0 LL 17 PI NP

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) -112.03164, 41.34854

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/BLANKET
    Thickness 19.81M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.37M
    Depth to bottom 19.81M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Madre

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. L. Parcell And W. B. Cragen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.84HA
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M. EVERTS, 1979

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.