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Promontory Point Pit

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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087187
MRDS ID D005412
Record type Site
Current site name Promontory Point Pit
Related records 10178539

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.43082, 41.20243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position AT PROMONTORY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 005W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Bonneville;Bingham Quartzite;Precamb Metamorphic Undevided
    Rock description Bonneville;Bingham Quartzite;Precamb Metamorphic Undevided
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.43082, 41.20243
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Promontory Mtns

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 170.69M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Promontory

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Box Elder County
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.19HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS FIELD CREW-79

  • Production

    M. EVERTS-79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCASIONAL USE BY BOX ELDER COUNTY TO MAINTAIN ROAD

Reporter information

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

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