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Wrathall Pass No. 2 Gravel 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011033
MRDS ID D005205
Record type Site
Current site name Wrathall Pass No. 2 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90916, 41.02215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OASIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sally Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 009W 06 SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF WRATHALL PASS ON WEST FLANK OF LAKESIDE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Sandstone Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90916, 41.02215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE SHAPED BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake 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 Lakeside Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MOUNTAINS AND VICINTIY, TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H, (), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND PEBBLES TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER; MAY BE MUCH THICKER, PART OF EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT COVERING MANY SQUARE MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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