Utah Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23046

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 10012676
MRDS ID D008492
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5647, 40.68104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position 1500 FEET NW OF FLUX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(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 001S 006W 32 NE OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY CARBONATE, WITH SOME QUARTZITE, PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

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) -112.5647, 40.68104

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Stansbury Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Major East Flank Fault Of Stansbury Range.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Dip 20
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

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 Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 165M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 4 YDS. ADJACENT PIT IS 40 YDS X 40 YDS X 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT HWYS, 1966, MATER. RESEARCH DIV: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STAT DEPT HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY-SORTED, SUB-ROUNDED TO ANGULAR PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS. SOME CALCAREOUS CEMENTATION PRESENT. SOME GRADED BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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