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Southern No. 1 Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone
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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 10011142
MRDS ID D005411
Record type Site
Current site name Southern No. 1 Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47832, 41.24854 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position IN SOUTHERN PART OF PROMONTORY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(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 006N 006W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47832, 41.24854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Promontory Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

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 Operator
    Owner Box Elder County
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS PIT PLUS SEVERAL OTHERS WERE USED TO BUILD THE RAILROAD BED ACROSS THE GREAT SALT LAKE. THESE OTHER PITS ARE LOCATED WITH THESE UTMS: 4567200, 375600; 4567000, 375300; 4566100, 375200; AND 4567600, 376000, THIS LAST ONE LOCATED ON POKES POINT QUADRANGLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR BOX ELDER CO., 1964.

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO PROMONTORY POINT 7.5 MINUTE MAP, 1968.

  • Production

    M. EVERTS, 1979.

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.

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