Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23087

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 10107974
MRDS ID D007777
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.78388, 40.78104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position 3,150 FT NW OF DELLEPEAK; DELLE UT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 001N 008W 31 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATE SORTING; DOLOMITE, 80% COBBLES - 15% PEBBLES, QUARTZITE COBBLES 5% OF WHOLE, V. FINE SAND, SILT MATRIX

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 10% GT. 3", 40% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 52%, NO 4 = 21%, NO 8 = 16%, NO 50 = 11%, NO 200 = 6.0%/LIQUID LIMIT = 20.9 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.78388, 40.78104

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range - So. Lakeside Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA
    Overall length 311.81M
    Overall width 269.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIAL RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED AND SUB-ANGULAR DOLOMITE COBBLES (80%), AND PEBBLES (15%), PLUS QUARTZITE (5%), COBBLES AND PEBBLES W/CACO3 COATINGS ON 90% OF GRAVEL W/V. FINE SANDY SILT MATRIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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