| Deposit ID | 10012670 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008468 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23073 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.73332, 40.55299 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1359 |
| Relative position | 6,800 FEET NNW OF DESERET RANCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 008W | 15 | NE OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartzite | Ore |
| Sand | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
| (1) | -112.73332, 40.55299 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wave-Cut Lake Bonneville Levels |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Free Coinage |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.234HA |
| Overall length | 45M |
| Overall width | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008468 |
SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.
STEGAN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY.
UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1967, MATERIAL INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY
1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY
STEGEN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COMMODITY IS ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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