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Tingey's Gravel Pit

Producer in Utah 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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088691
MRDS ID M058126
Record type Site
Current site name Tingey's Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91051, 40.44022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3500 FT S. 75 E. OF JORDAN NARROWS DAMS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001W 26,25;25 NE OF NE OF SE (26) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91051, 40.44022
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tingey'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS, THAT ARE JOINED TOGEATHER

Comments on development

  • 2 PITS ONE STARTED IN 1973 THE OTHER IN 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HYWS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

    BISHOP C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL IS SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR, SORTING IS FAIR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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