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Grantsville Pit No. 8

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012082
MRDS ID D007446
Record type Site
Current site name Grantsville Pit No. 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48164, 40.58411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399
Relative position 6700 FT SW OF GRANTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(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 006W 01 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLASTS PREDOMINANTLY QUARTZITE

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) -112.48164, 40.58411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 288M
    Overall width 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVE. DEPTH 20 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASTS MODERATELY WELL SORTED AND SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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