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Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23069

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087654
MRDS ID D008474
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69665, 40.6066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1381
Relative position 4,300 FEET SE OF HORSESHOE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Mountain(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 002S 008W 36 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING 3IN.=3, 1IN=42
Result AFTER 1IN=100, 1/2IN=39, NO. 4=24 NO.8=21, NO.50=16, NO.200=1.9, LIQUID LIMIT=20.6 PLASTICITY INDEX NP

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) -112.69665, 40.6066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wave-Cut Lake Bonneville Levels

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS, POTENTIAL SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ROUNDED-TO WELL-ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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