Junction Creek Gravel

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10088371
MRDS ID DB01918
Record type Site
Current site name Junction Creek Gravel
Related records 10178318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7328, 41.91741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buck Hollow(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 016W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7328, 41.91741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment Gravel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Junction Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Box Elder County

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 64.01M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I-67

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY USED, ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR CLASTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.