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Basin Creek Gorge Quarry

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088325
MRDS ID DB01728
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Creek Gorge Quarry
Related records 10275600

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.79781, 41.87463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ON WEST EDGE OF BASIN CREEK GORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kimbell Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 013N 017W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHT COLOR WITH TAN LIMONITE STAIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Rock description Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.79781, 41.87463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 68 W
    Dip 12 DEG SW
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grouse Creek Mtns

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • RECTANGULAR - SHAPED QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPLITS OUT INTO THICK BLOCKS 6 - 12 INCHES, MAKES BETTER BLOCKS THAN FLAGSTONE

Reporter information

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

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