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Ut Dept Hwys Pit 23034

Past Producer 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097825
MRDS ID D008484
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Pit 23034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50137, 40.52216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 17000 FEET SOUTH OF SW CORNER OF GRANTSVILLE CITY LIMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Willow Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 006W 26 NW OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, WITH SOME CARBONATES AND VOLCANICS. MODERATELY SORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING
Result G.T. 3IN=16, G.T. 1IN=40, AFTER CRUSHING TO 1IN MAX 1IN= 100, 1/2 IN.=55, NO.4=36, NO.8=27, NO. 50=7, NO.200=4.3, LIQUID LIMIT=20.3 SWELL=.018

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) -112.50137, 40.52216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Stansbury Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near East Flank Of Stansbury Range

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 1/2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT STATE DEPT. HWYS, 1966, MATER. INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT HWYS; 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES. ABUNDANT SAND INTERBEDDING.

Reporter information

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

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