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Mills Junction Gravel Pit #3

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 10012062
MRDS ID D007421
Record type Site
Current site name Mills Junction Gravel Pit #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28663, 40.63716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Relative position 6500 FEET SOUTH OF MILLS JUNCTION

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 002S 004W 22 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE MATERIAL, MODERATELY WELL-SORTED; GOOD GRAVEL.

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

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) -112.28663, 40.63716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Spit Or Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oquirrh Mts.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. And W. W. Gardner (Contractors, Inc. Erda 882-5621)
    Home office Salt Lake City 487-2258

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 800M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 5 YDS. LARGE-SCALE OPERATION CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, SORTING & LOADING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED PEBBLE AND COBBLE - SIZED MATERIAL; QUARTZITES AND CARBONATES.

Reporter information

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

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