| Deposit ID | 10087687 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008612 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salt Lake County Gravel Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.01219, 40.57161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1475 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 4:25 MILES N 85 E FROM COPPERTON ALONG BINGHAM CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copperton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 002W | 12 | NE OF NW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clay | Ore |
| Granite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Alluvium | ||||
| Rock description | Alluvium | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.01219, 40.57161 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin An Range |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Bing Ram District |
|---|
| Ownership category | County |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Salt Lake County |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 32.856HA |
| Overall length | 762M |
| Overall width | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008612 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BISHOP C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEBBLES, COBBLES, GRAVELS; POORLY SORTED; AUGULAR TO SUBANGULAR; ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED; EMBEDDED IN A CLAYEY AND SILTY MATRIX; CARBONATE COATINGS ARE COMMON ON PEBBLES AND COBBLES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Bishop, Charles E. (Mohammad, Hasan) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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