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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit No. 23005

Past 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012061
MRDS ID D007420
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit No. 23005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25552, 40.69522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 0.5 MI NORTHEAST OF LAKE POINT INTERCHANGE, HWY 80.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mills Junction(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 001S 004W 36 NW OF NW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE MATERIAL, MOSTLY PEBBLE SIZE, WITH ABUNDANT SILT INTERBEDDING. FAIR GRAVEL.

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 7% 3", 38% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 54%, NO. 4 = 29%, NO. 8 = 24%, NO. 50 = 13%, NO. 200 = 18.2%, LIQ. LIMIT = 25.0 SWELL = .003.

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) -112.25552, 40.69522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range- Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns-North End

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 546.8M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan, Possibly Some Lake Bonneville Bench Also.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oquirrh Mts.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Desert Livestock

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 120M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 1 1/2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, MODERATELY SORTED CARBONATE MATERIAL OF MOSTLY PEBBLE SIZE (MINOR COBBLES); ABUNDANT SILT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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

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