Ut. Dept. Hwys. Pit No. 23145

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Geologic structures
  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 10012020
MRDS ID D007331
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Pit No. 23145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.78109, 40.03716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1/4 MILE ESE OF PONY EXPRESS HISTORIC MARKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpson Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 008W 18 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • AT SIMPSON SPRINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ AND QUARTZITE 70%, DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONES 20%, IGNEOUS ROCKS 10%; COBBLES 50%, PEBBLES 50%

Analytical data

Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX: 100% = 1 IN, 1/2 IN. = 91%, NO. 4 = 52%, NO. 8 = 39%, NO. 50 = 6%, NO. 200 = 1.9%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.78109, 40.03716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. And G. H. Anderson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.023HA
    Overall length 79.25M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT. DEPT. HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO., 1966

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. HWYS., 1966, MATERIAL INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL TO MODERATE COBBLES (50%), ROUNDED TO ANGULAR PEBBLES (50%) ; PEBBLES (50%) SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED; SILTY MATRIX; GRAVELS COATED WITH CACO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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