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Sec. 16 Gravel Pit

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 10100736
MRDS ID M057932
Record type Site
Current site name Sec. 16 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99196, 40.22021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position APPROX. 3400 FT. NORTH OF GERSTER GULCH

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 019W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW SW OF NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMPOSITION OF THE GRAVEL: VOLCANICS (BASALT, ANDESITE, RHYOLITE), 50 PERCENT; LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, 50 PERCENT.

Analytical data

Result VERY COARSE GRAVEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99196, 40.22021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deep Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.241HA
    Overall length 83.82M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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

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