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U - 30 - 6

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. 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 10098021
MRDS ID DB01982
Record type Site
Current site name U - 30 - 6
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24085, 41.81436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES EAST OF PARK VALLEY TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(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 012W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3" = 2 %
Result GREATER THAN 1" = 27.4 %
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1" = 100 % #4 = 46.2
Result #10 = 30 % #40 = 28.7 %
Result #200 = 7 % LIQUID LIMIT 25.0 NONPLASTIC SWELL .029 A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24085, 41.81436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • REWORKED SALT LAKE GROUP GRAVELS

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/Indian Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Transportation
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. A. Ralay, L. K. Irvine

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall length 105M
    Overall width 50.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1955 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 ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND PEBBLES

Reporter information

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

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