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Grantsville Gravel Pit No. 6

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012084
MRDS ID D007448
Record type Site
Current site name Grantsville Gravel Pit No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48303, 40.50411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position BOX ELDER WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 006W 01 NW OF NW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE MATERIAL OF PEBBLE AND COBBLE SIZE, WITH MINOR CARBONATES AND VOLCANICS

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

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) -112.48303, 40.50411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range - Stansbury Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.301HA
    Overall length 120M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 5 YDS. WORKINGS ARE JUST INSIDE TOOELE ORDINANCE DEPOT BOUNDARY. ADJACENT WORKINGS TO NORTH ARE 50 X 30 X 4 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES, MODERATELY SORTED. MUCH SAND INTERBEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Krupicka, Daniel C. Bureau of Land Management

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