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Mercur Canyon Nw Gravel, Pit

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042127
MRDS ID M058431
Record type Site
Current site name Mercur Canyon Nw Gravel, Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2533, 40.3105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2131
Relative position 6,000 FT S 80 E OF WEST MERCUR

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 006S 004W SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBANGULAR, 18 IN. MAX. SIZE, 1 IN. AVERAGE SIZE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2533, 40.3105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur District (West Dip Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.213HA
    Overall length 69M
    Overall width 33.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT 12 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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