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R. Nelson 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011076
MRDS ID D005287
Record type Site
Current site name R. Nelson Pit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19582, 41.98686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE

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 014N 003W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 1.5, 1"=11.7, AFTER CRUSHING 1"=100 1/2"= #4=39.0 #10=30 #40=22 #200=8.2 LL==20.8 PI=

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19582, 41.98686
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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 274.32M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    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 Owner
    Owner R. Nelson

Comments on the production information

  • M. EVERTS

Comments on the workings information

  • USED ONLY AS FILL MATERIAL FOR I-15 (ROAD CUT)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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