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Francom Pit

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087255
MRDS ID D005905
Record type Site
Current site name Francom Pit
Related records 10153993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54361, 41.9027 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 31 MILES WEST OF TREMONTON ON I-80.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 014N 006W 33 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF RATTLESNAKE PASS INTERCHANGE ON SOUTHEAST FLANK OF FRANKLIN HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54361, 41.9027
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Franklin Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Francom, V.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED OUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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