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Snowville 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. 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 10011095
MRDS ID D005314
Record type Site
Current site name Snowville Pit
Alternate or previous names Box Elder County Stockpile #345
Related records 10227553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73611, 41.96631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST OF SNOWVILLE ON HIGHWAY 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowville(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 008W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result PEA GRAVEL, BOULDERS, COBBLES, PEBBLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Bonneville;Oquirrh
    Rock description Bonneville;Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73611, 41.96631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hansel Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    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 Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Box Elder County
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Harris

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS FIELD CREW-1979

  • 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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