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Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23037

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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012087
MRDS ID D007452
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47887, 40.58772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 5000 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 NW OF SE NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE PEBBLES & COBBLES, WITH SOME CARBONATES AND VOLCANICS PRESENT.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING
Result 25% 1", 0% 3"/AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 68%, NO. 4 = 40%, NO. 8 = 32%, NO. 50 = 15%, NO. 200 = 6.1%/LIQ. LIMIT = 29.5 SWELL = .016.

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) -112.47887, 40.58772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.61M

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State

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 270M
    Overall width 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS. WORKINGS ARE NOW USED, TO A SLIGHT DEGREE, AS AN INFORMAL DUMP BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT OF HWYS, 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT. HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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