Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 23144

Past 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012021
MRDS ID D007334
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 23144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7622, 40.08938 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 3/4 MILE NE 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 29 SE OF NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ AND QUARTZITE 75%; LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES 25%; PEBBLES 20%, COBBLES 80%; MODERATE TO WELL SORTED

Analytical data

Result SIZE ANALYSIS-PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 42%, NO. 4 = 7%, NO. 8 = 9%, NO. 50 = 5%, NO 200 = 2.8%

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) Lake Bonneville deposits

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
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 0.109HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 94.49M

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 MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATE TO WELL SORTED WITH SILTY MATRIX (5-10%); CACO3 COATINGS ON 70% OF GRAVELS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.