Loren J. Petersen Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087189
MRDS ID D005417
Record type Site
Current site name Loren J. Petersen Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02331, 41.57049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3.25 MILES NORTH OF BRIGHAM CITY ON HIGHWAY 69.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brigham City(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 010N 002W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02331, 41.57049

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wellsville Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brigham City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO BRIGHAM CITY, 1969

  • Production

    M. EVERTS-79

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.