Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23088

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087554
MRDS ID D007775
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82638, 40.80271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 17,870 FT SSW OF BLACK MTN PEAK; LAKESIDE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 009W 23 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE COBBLES WITH INTERBEDDED PEBBLES CACO3 COATINGS FORMING GOOD CEMENT IN SOME PEBBLE LAYERS

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1% GT 3", 28% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 62%, NO 4 = 33%, NO 8 = 25%, NO 50 = 7%, NO 200 = 2.6%/LIQUID LIMIT = 21.6
Result SWELL = .004

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) -112.82638, 40.80271

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR WEDGE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.047HA
    Overall length 259.38M
    Overall width 218.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1966, UT STATE DEPT HWYS MAT. INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966; MATERIAL RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE: MEDIUM COBBLES (60%) INTERBEDDED WITH CACO3 COATED PEBBLES (40%), SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED. CACO3 CEMENT MODERATELY GOOD IN PEBBLE LAYERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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