Legrand Johnson 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 10087191
MRDS ID D005422
Record type Site
Current site name Legrand Johnson Pit
Related records 10153991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24832, 41.58271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position SOUTHERN POINT OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear River 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 004W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 0, 1"=92.2, AFTER CRUSHING 1"=1001/2"= #4=54.2 #10=29.3 #40=14.9 #200=3.9 LL==20.1 PI=

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Dolomite;Bonneville
    Rock description Jefferson Dolomite;Bonneville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24832, 41.58271

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Mountain

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 914.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Box Elder

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Legrand Johnson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Legrand Johnson (Holmgren)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.257HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 182.88M

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.