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Grantsville Gravel Pit #4

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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10012085
MRDS ID D007450
Record type Site
Current site name Grantsville Gravel Pit #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48275, 40.57772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Relative position 8700 FEET 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 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY QUARTZITE, WITH SOME CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC PEBBLES AND COBBLES. MODERATELY SORTED.

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) -112.48275, 40.57772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 1/2 YDS. WORKING ARE PRESENTLY USED AS A DUMP AREA BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES. MODERATELY SORTED, MAINLY QUARTZITE COMPOSISTION. ABUNDANT SAND & SILT.

Reporter information

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

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