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Ut Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23040

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. 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 10087651
MRDS ID D008464
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5422, 40.63799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 2500 FEET NORTH OF LITTLE MTN. SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(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 002S 006W 16 NW OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE, QTZITE, AND VESIC. BASALT; PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND SOME BOULDERS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING, G. T. 3 IN=0, G.T. 1 IN=17
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX 1 IN=100, 1/2 IN=75, NO. 4=47, NO. 8=35, NO. 50=16, NO. 200=41
Result LIQUID LIMIT=19.4, SWELL=.008

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) -112.5422, 40.63799
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Stansbury Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank Stansbury Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Dip 10-15 NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

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 T. Williams

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 120M
    Overall width 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE, CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, SEMI-SORTED PEBBLES AND COBBLES, WITH A FEW BOULDERS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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