Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23073

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. Materials information
  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 10012670
MRDS ID D008468
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73332, 40.55299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Relative position 6,800 FEET NNW OF DESERET RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Mountain(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

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 003S 008W 15 NE OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INTERBEDS OF SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING, 1 IN. 30
Result AFTER 1 IN = 10, 1/2 IN. = 53, NO. 4 = 30 NO. 8 = 23, NO. 50 = 6, NO. 200 = 1.2
Result PLASTICITY INDEX = UNP, SWELL = .018

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73332, 40.55299

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wave-Cut Lake Bonneville Levels

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M

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 Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.234HA
    Overall length 45M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS, ADJACENT PIT SOUTH AT 25 YDS X 20 YDS X 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1967, MATERIAL INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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