Rosette Gravel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088337
MRDS ID DB01757
Record type Site
Current site name Rosette Gravel
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02112
Related records 10130434

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42224, 41.82103 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position WEST END OF TOWN OF ROSETTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 013N 014W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3 IN. = 9.9 %
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN. = 41.9 %: AFTER CRUSHING: 1 IN. = 100 %, #4 = 57.2 %
Result #10 = 25.5 %
Result #40 = 12.3 %
Result #200 = 5.4 %
Result LIQUID LIMIT 20.5 , NONPLASTIC SWELL .020 A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium (Older Alluvium)
    Rock description Alluvium (Older Alluvium)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42224, 41.82103

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Local Ranchers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Olaque, A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873 .

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1971 , MATERIALS INVENTORY: BOX ELDER CANYON.

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON MAP I-873

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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