Utah Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23050

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 10087659
MRDS ID D008495
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23050
Related records 10301227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73388, 40.56632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 7000 FEET NW OF FLUX

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)

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 001S 007W 36 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS, POORLY SORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING G.T. 3IN=0, G.T. 1IN=0, AFTER CRUSHING TO 1IN MAX: 1IN=100, 1/2 IN=100, NO.4=93, NO.10=90, NO.40=88, NO.200=61, LIQUID LIMIT=25, SWELL=0.1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73388, 40.56632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Stansbury Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steep, Eastward Drainage

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Dip EAST
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 874.88M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

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 Howell Livestock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF BANK CUT IN ARROYO-TYPE DRAINAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS, 1980, MATER. RESEARCH DIV: MATER. INVENTORY OF TOOELE CO. 1966

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY-SORTED, ANGULAR CARBONATE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLES, COBBLES, AND BOULDERS. DEPOSIT IS ALLUVIAL MATERIAL FILLING BOTTOM OF SMALL DRAINAGE. MUCH SAND & SILT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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