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Ut State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23140

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. 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 10041897
MRDS ID M057927
Record type Site
Current site name Ut State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23140

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.68553, 40.08216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position 5 MI N 20 E OF INDIAN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 008S 008W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE NE OF NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 80%, BASALT 10%, DOLOMITE 10%, MEDIUM TO SMALL COBBLES 45%, PEBBLES 55%, MODERATE SORTING, SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% GT. 3 IN., 16% GT 1 IN./PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX:1 IN = 100%, 1/2 = 72%, NO 4 = 42%, NO 8 = 22%, NO 50 = 4%, NO 200 = 1.8%/LIQUID LIMIT = 17.7 SWELL = .006

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.68553, 40.08216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Skull Valley

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Erickson (Black Crook) District

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 1.67HA
    Overall length 36.88M
    Overall width 32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HIGHWA

  • Production

    TAFF D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 80%, BASALT 10%, DOLOMITE 10%, SMALL TO MEDIUM COBBLES 45%, PEBBLES 55%, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR, MODERATE SORTING CACO3 PARTIAL COATINGS ON 40% OF GRAVEL MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Taff, David E Bureau of Land Management

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