Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pits 23104

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. 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 10012067
MRDS ID D007429
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pits 23104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28806, 40.69632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 9,700 FT SOUTH OF KNOLLS UT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 001S 013W 26 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 60%, CARBONATE 40%, COBBLES & PEBBLES SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED W/FREQUENT CACO3 COATINGS MOD. SORTING

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounded

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, 10% G.T. 3", 43% G.T. 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 64%, NO. 4 = 38%, NO. 8 = 32%, NO 50 = 21%, NO. 200 = 9.7% LIQUID LIMIT = 21.9 SWELL = .004

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) -113.28806, 40.69632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.214HA
    Overall length 115M
    Overall width 118.87M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE HWY. DEP

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980 UGMS ON-SITE INVEST.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TAFF, D.E. 1980, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE COBBLES, UP TO 1 FT, AND PEBBLES, SUB ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED W/FREQUENT CACO3 COATINGS; CARBONATE COBBLES, 6 IN, AND PEBBLES MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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