Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit 23157

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088636
MRDS ID M057939
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit 23157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97307, 40.00437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position APPROX. 300 FT NE OF THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION PROPERTY LINE:

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 009S 019W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW NW OF NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER THAN 3 IN., 0 PERCENT
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN., 23 PERCENT
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX. SIZE, PERCENT PASSING: 1 IN., 100
Result 1/2 IN., 57
Result NO. 4, 29
Result NO. 8, 21
Result NO. 50, 11
Result NO. 200, 5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97307, 40.00437

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deep Creek Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.029HA
    Overall length 24.99M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.

  • Production

    UTAH DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE COUNTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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