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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23004

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. Alteration
  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 10087461
MRDS ID D007419
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2558, 40.69744 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 0.6 MILES NE OF LAKE POINT INTERCHANGE, U.S. 80

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mills Junction(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 004W 25 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY SORTED CARBONATE MATERIAL OF PEBBLE AND COBBLE SIZE; ABUNDANT SILT PRESENT

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% 3",15% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 52%, NO. 4 = 17%, NO. 8 = 15%, NO. 50 = 9%, NO. 200 = 4.6%, LIQ. LIMIT = 24.6 SWELL = .007

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2558, 40.69744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description N. End Oquirrh Mtns.-Nearby Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 437.44M
    Width 137.16M
    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 Oquirrh Mts.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Desert Livestock

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE

  • Deposit

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF CARBONATE COMPOSISTION; ABUNDANT SILT INTERBEDDING. MATERIAL SHOWS CALCAREOUS COATING TO SOME EXTENT.

Reporter information

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

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