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W. N. Mason 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101602
MRDS ID D005395
Record type Site
Current site name W. N. Mason Pit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16776, 41.89964 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF PLYMOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 003W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 0.9, 1" = 17.2, AFTER CRUSHING 1" = 100 1/2" = 79.4 #4 = 52 #10 = 38.7 #40 = 19.6 #200 = 7.3 LL == 21 PI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clarkston Mountain

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 500M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Road Commission
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. N. Mason, State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.402HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY: BOX ELDER COUNTY, 1964

  • Production

    M. EVERTS-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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

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