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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23059

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10012666
MRDS ID D008459
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.66443, 40.70299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 8000 FEET SE OF TIMPIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007W 16 SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME SAND & SLT INTER BEDDING

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS (IN PERCENTS) BEFORE CRUSHING: OVER 3 IN=0, OVER 1 IN=1 AFTER CRUSHING, 1 IN=100, 1/2 IN=96, NO.4=91, NO.8=87 NO.50=12, NO.200=3.1, SWELL=.005

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) -112.66443, 40.70299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stansbury Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deseret Livestock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 430M
    Overall width 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 1/2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT HWYS; 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREYPL UT STATE DEPT. HYWS

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D. C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ROUNDED TO ANGULAR CARBONATE PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS, POORLY SORTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Krupicka, Daniel C. Bureau of Land Management

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