Utah Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23060

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. Materials information
  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 10087650
MRDS ID D008462
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6436, 40.74076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 1 MILE ESE OF TIMPIE TIE SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpie(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007W 09 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS (IN PERCENT)
Result BEFOR CRUSHING: GT. 3 IN=0, G.T. 1 IN=0
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN=100, 1/2 IN.=NA, NO.4=43, NO.8=36, NO.50=29, NO.200=21, LIQ LIMIT=24
Result SWELL IS GREATER THAN .20

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) -112.6436, 40.74076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stansbury Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deseret Livestock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 175M
    Overall width 169.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 5 YDS. LAKE CLAYS EXPOSED AT BOTTOM OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D. C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUB-ROUNDED TO ANGULAR, POORLY SORTED CARBONATE PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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