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Utah State Hwy. Dept. Gravel Pit No. 23153

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098481
MRDS ID M057931
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Hwy. Dept. Gravel Pit No. 23153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99363, 40.16076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1564
Relative position IN WHITE SAGE FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ochre Mountain(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 008S 019W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE SE OF NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY POORLY SORTED GRAVEL-CLAY MIXTURE COMPOSITION OF THE GRAVEL: 40 PERCENT BASALT, 20 PERCENT VITROPHYRE, 5 PERCENT DACITE, 25 PERCENT LIMESTONE, 10 PERCENT CLAY. AV. SIZE, GRAVEL, 3 IN. DIA.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING
Result 3 IN., 0 PERCENT, 1 IN., 1 PERCENT
Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO LIN. MAX. SIZE
Result 100, LIN., 75, 1/2 IN., NO. 4, 41, NO. 8, 30, NO. 50, 10, NO. 200, 3.1.

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) -113.99363, 40.16076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
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 0.203HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT., 1966

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.: MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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