Ut. Dept. Hwys. Pit No. 23142

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10107973
MRDS ID D007332
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Pit No. 23142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77748, 40.07216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3/4 MILE SW OF BM 4800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpson Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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 008W 32 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ AND QUARTZITE 70%; DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONES 20%; IGNEOUS ROCKS 10%; MODERATE SORTING

Analytical data

Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: (SIZE ANALYSIS): 1" = 100%, 1/2 IN = 42%, NO. 4 = 29%, NO. 8 = 26%, NO. 50 = 16%, NO 200 = 20%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77748, 40.07216

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 15.278HA
    Overall length 240.79M
    Overall width 136.55M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. DEPT. HWYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL TO MODERATE COBBLES (50%); ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED PEBBLES (50%); MODERATE SORTING; SILTY MATRIX; THIN COATINGS OF CACO3 ON 85% OF GRAVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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