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Barrow Pit

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Volcanic Materials, Clay
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087499
MRDS ID D007568
Record type Site
Current site name Barrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3858, 40.18411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 1/4TH MILE EAST OF FAUST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(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 007S 005W 27 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary
Clay Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3858, 40.18411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET/TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bottom

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Faust Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earth Resource Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS, 150' X 50', 100' X 50' AND 50' X 20'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Bishop, Charles E. Bureau of Land Management

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