Ward Pit

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011081
MRDS ID D005294
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Pit
Related records 10251185

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62083, 41.91409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF SNOWVILLE ON I-80 (N-S)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(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 014N 007W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: GT 3" = 1.1% GT 1" = 7.9%, NON PLASTIC, LIQUID LIMIT .007 CLASS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62083, 41.91409

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 335.28M
    Width 335.28M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. Ward

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS

  • Production

    M. EVERTS-79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCASSIONAL USE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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