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Curlew 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088368
MRDS ID DB01911
Record type Site
Current site name Curlew Gravel
Alternate or previous names Dept. of Highway Pit #02135
Related records 10203043

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.97945, 41.96686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES WEST OF ELDER ROAD JUNCTION, NORTH SIDE OF UTAH 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

Monument Peak NW(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 010W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS (BEFORE CRUSHING): GREATER THAN 3 IN = 0%
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN = 12%
Result (AFTER CRUSHING): 1 IN = 100%
Result 1/2 IN = 0%
Result NO. 4 = 26.7%
Result NO. 10 = 17.1%
Result NO. 40 = 12.2%
Result NO. 200 = 8.6%
Result LIQUID LIMIT = 21.9%
Result NON-PLASTIC
Result SWELL = .008
Result A-1-A.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.97945, 41.96686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

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 Curlew Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Transportation
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Peterson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1971 , MATERIALS INVENTORY: BOX ELDER COUNTY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES; DEPOSIT IS COVERED WITH A VENEER OF ALLUVIAL SOILS.

Reporter information

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

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