Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23068

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. 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 10012673
MRDS ID D008475
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70221, 40.61299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1,800 FEET SE OF HORSESHOE SPRINGS

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 002S 008W 25 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHIN, 3IN=3
Result 1IN=42
Result AFTER, 1IN=100, 1/2IN=39 NO. 4=24, NO.8=21, NO.50=16, NO.200=1.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT=20.6, PLASTICITY INDEX NP

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.70221, 40.61299

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan, Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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 0.092HA
    Overall length 35M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS 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 WITH SAME TABULAR ALSO PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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