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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 23098

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. 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 10042121
MRDS ID M058414
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 23098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30413, 40.35522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 800 FT N 21 W OF BATES RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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 005S 004W 28 NW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY SORTED PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF CARBONATE COMPOSITION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 12 PERCENT OVER 3 INCH, 44 OVER 1 INCH. AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 INCH MAX (IN PERCENT PASSING): 1 IN.-100, 1/2-66, NO. 4-34, NO. 8-25, NO. 50-13, NO. 200-16.8. LIQUID LIMIT 22.2. SWELL .050.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30413, 40.35522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Mercur Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 402.33M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Jorgenson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, P. 21.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.358HA
    Overall length 235M
    Overall width 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, TOOELE COUNTY MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES WITH HEAVY SILT INTERBEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Krupicka, Daniel, C. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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