Yost 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 10098018
MRDS ID DB01922
Record type Site
Current site name Yost Gravel
Related records 10299794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5328, 41.94519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ADJACENT TO ROAD INTERSECTION ON GEORGE CREEK ROAD 1 MILE SOUTH OF YOST TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yost(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 015W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5328, 41.94519

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yost

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Box Elder County

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER AND LOWER PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I-67

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY USED CLASTS ARE ANGULAR, 2 FT. SOIL COVER

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.