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Unknown Sand and 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087452
MRDS ID D007392
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03392, 40.7452 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2000 FT S50E OF NEEDLE PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wendover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 019W 17 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE-GRAINED GRAVELS W/SOME CLAY

Analytical data

Result CLASTS 1-2 IN. AND GREATER

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) -114.03392, 40.7452
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leppy Hills Pediment

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leppy Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORIZONTALLY BEDDED COARSE GRAVELS W/SOME CLAY. CLASTS ARE MOSTLY 1-2 IN. AND GREATER. SOME IRON OXIDE-STAINED LENSES. OCCASIONAL DIATOMITE LENSES.
Deposit USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF I-80 (NOT ON WENDOVER, 1972 QUADRANGLE) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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