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Clay Pits & Borrow Pits

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10087182
MRDS ID D005401
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pits & Borrow Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01081, 41.34382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 1.1 MILES NE OF UTAH HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 007N 002W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Clay Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Undivided
    Rock description Undivided
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01081, 41.34382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasatch Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET, IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Madre

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.103HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS, 30 FT DEEP, LARGEST PIT 200 X 150 FT. ESTIMATED MINED MATERIAL 266,000 CUBIC YARDS. ESTIMATED RESERVES 845,000 CUBIC YARDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO QUAD PLAIN CITY 7.5 MINUTE, 1969

  • Production

    M. EVERTS, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PITS ARE DUG IN PHYLLITE & SCHIST, LARGE STOCKPILE OF COBBLE-SIZE MATERIAL ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR. SOME MATERIAL BOULDER SIZE. NUMEROUS CLAY PITS 20 FT LONG 5 TO 10 FT DEEP.

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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