| Deposit ID | 10087502 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007575 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pony Express Road Barrow Point |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.46941, 40.14077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1631 |
| Relative position | 26,000 FT S 55 W OF FAUST STATION |
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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 006W | 12 | NW OF NE OF E2 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Alluvium | ||||
| Rock description | Alluvium | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Alluvium and colluvium |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range-Rush Valley |
| General form | WEDGE-LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Osceola District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Public Domain |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.179HA |
| Overall length | 218.24M |
| Overall width | 57.3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007575 |
SRC.REF: 1966, UT. STATE DEPT. HWYS. MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.
UT. DEPT. OF HWY, 1966, MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.
TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE, 70% SILTY CLAY MATRIX, CACO3 COATINGS ON 90% OF GRAVEL, MOD. SORTING |
| Deposit | UNDERLIES MAJOR PORTION OF QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Taff, David E. | Bureau of Land Management |
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