EXHIBIT 23.3

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    We have issued our report dated February 11, 1997 accompanying the
consolidated financial statements of Monroc, Inc. and Subsidiary as of and for
the year ended December 31, 1996 contained in the Form S-1 Registration
Statement and Prospectus of U.S. Aggregates, Inc. We consent to the use of the
aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and to the
use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".

                                          /s/ Grant Thornton LLP

                                          GRANT THORNTON LLP


Salt Lake City, Utah
July 30, 1999