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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088395
MRDS ID DB01976
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Creek Gravel
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 02126
Related records 10202918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15446, 41.96686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position JUST NORTH OF OLD CEDAR CREEK STAGE STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelton Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(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 011W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3 IN 0 , GREATER THAN 12.8 , AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN 100 , #4 64.2 , #10 32.8 , #40 9.7 , #200 4.8 , LIQUID LIMIT 30.0 , PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., SWELL .014 , AASHO A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oquirrh Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Curlew Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Box Elder County
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. H. Anderson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.267HA
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2ND PIT TO NORTH IS 10 X 50 YARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR CLASTS

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.