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Stockton Gravel Pit No. 1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103861
MRDS ID M058445
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Gravel Pit No. 1
Alternate or previous names Stockton R.R. Cut Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36803, 40.46272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position 1500 FT N 30 W OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 005W 23 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE MATERIAL, WELL SORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Quartz Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36803, 40.46272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pole Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 402.33M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stockton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 15.05HA
    Overall length 600M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 4 YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION, 1966, MATERIAL INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, SOME SAND. SOME CALCAREOUS CEMENTATION NEAR TOP OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Krupicka, Daniel C. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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