Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23016

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10012051
MRDS ID D007400
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27219, 40.53244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582
Relative position ADJACENT TO SE CORNER OF MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE

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 26 NW OF SW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE PEBBLES AND COBBLES MOD. TO POORLY SORTED.

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, 0% 3", 15% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 72%, NO. 4 = 37%, NO. 8 = 26%, NO. 50 = 11%, NO. 200 = 4.5%/LIQ. LIMIT = 18.6 SWELL = .009.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27219, 40.53244

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Buzianis

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 180M
    Overall width 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 1/2 YDS. WORKINGS NOW USED AS AN INFORMAL DUMP BY LOCALS.

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 HWYS

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED PEBBLES & COBBLES. QTZITE AND CARBONATE MATERIAL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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