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Twin Hills Gravel

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10015604
MRDS ID DB01638
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Hills Gravel
Related records 10178673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88527, 41.21549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position BETWEEN TWIN HILLS AND LAKESIDE BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strongs Knob(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 009W 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

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) -112.88527, 41.21549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 140M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OTHER PITS AND TEST PITS IN VICINITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS. AND THE GRASSY MTNS. AND VICINITY, TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COUNTIES, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP H. H. DOELLING, UNIV OF UTAH PH. D THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY USED, MAY BE MUCH THICKER, ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND PEBBLES TO 1 FOOT DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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