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Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23105

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. Alteration
  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 10101695
MRDS ID D007428
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28083, 40.67215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position 3230 FT ESE OF KNOLLS PEAK UT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(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 002S 013W 02 SE OF NE SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • AREA SOUTH OF PIT STUDDED WITH GRAVEL PROSPECT PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 5% G.T. 3", 28% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 76%, NO. 4. = 58%, NO. 8 = 50%, NO. 50 = 28%, NO. 200 = 7.8% LIQUID LIMIT = 17.6 SWELL = .001

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oquirrh Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Shore-Lake Bar Lake Terrace.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.066HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. ST DEPT OF HWYS 1967 MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UGMS ON-SITE INVEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASAL CONGLOMERATE TABULAR, MOD. WELL SORTED QUARTZITE COBBLES W/SOME CARBONATE COBBLES & PEBBLES W/SANDY SILT MATRIX IN BEDDING-CALCAREOUS COATING ON 80% OF ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

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