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Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit 23022

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 10106919
MRDS ID M058449
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit 23022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33663, 40.48605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position 12,600 FT N 39 E 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 004W 07 SE OF SW 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, MODERATELY SORTED, SAND AND SILT INTERBEDDING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING (IN PERCENT PASSING): 14 GREATER THAN 3 IN., 33 GREATER THAN 1 IN.
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1IN. MAX. (IN PERCENT PASSING):1IN-100, .5IN -68, NO.4-31, NO. 8-21, NO. 50-9, NO. 200-1.9. LIQUID LIMIT -21.4. SWELL - .019

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) -112.33663, 40.48605
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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 WEDGE
    Thickness 22.86M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stockton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner England Construction

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 11.037HA
    Overall length 660M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PIT IS 550, YD BY 130 YD BY 12 YD DEEP; SOUTH PIT IS 300 YD BY 200 YD BY 9 YD DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR PEBBLES AND COBBLES, WITH ABUNDANT SAND AND SILT INTERBEDS, MODERATELY SORTED

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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