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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23021 & 23020

Producer in Tooele 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10012050
MRDS ID D007398
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23021 & 23020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30913, 40.5155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position 4000 FEET SW OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tooele(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004W 33 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE & QUARTZITE, PEBBLE GRAVEL.

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 0% 3", 0% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 99%, NO. 4 = 81%, NO. 8 = 55%, NO. 50 = 17%, NO. 200 = 9.1%/LIA. LIMIT = 22.9 SWELL = .005.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30913, 40.5155
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range- Oquirrh Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ajax, Inc., Ready Mix Concrete
    Home office Tooele, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Atkins,

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 123.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 2 YDS. OLDER WORKINGS TO SOUTH NOW USED AS AN ASPHALT DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS 1966 MATER. RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., UGMS ON-SITE INVEST. 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED MATERIAL. MODERATELY WELL-SORTED. MOSTLY OF PEBBLE SIZE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Krupicka, Daniel C. Bureau of Land Management

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