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Christensen Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010980
MRDS ID D005090
Record type Site
Current site name Christensen Pit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02061
Related records 10227357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3386, 41.65214 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF PENROSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thatcher Mountain(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 011N 004W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 3.9, 1"=9.6, AFTER CRUSHING 1"=100 1/2"= #4=47.0 #10=28.2 #40=18.1 #200=9.4 LL==19.7 PI=

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3386, 41.65214
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Blue Spring Hills

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Christensen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.308HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M. EVERTS, 1979

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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