Gravel Pit

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. 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 10012038
MRDS ID D007371
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26358, 39.98995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Relative position 1/2 MILE SE OF BOULTER SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sabie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 004W 35 NW OF NE 0F SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANGULAR TO SUB-ANGULAR CARBONACEOUS AND CHERTY TABULAR PEBBLES AND COBBLES. MEDIUM TO COARSE SAND.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26358, 39.98995

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    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 West Tintic Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA CONSISTS OF THREE DIFFERENT PITS DIVIDED BY A RIDGE AND A GULLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M, 1980, UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBONACEOUS AND CHERTY PEBBLES AND COBBLES WITH MEDIUM AND COARSE GRAINED SAND; NO BEDDING OR SORTING; GRAVELS HAVE CALCIUM CARBONATE COATING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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