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Gravel Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012044
MRDS ID D007381
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27274, 40.01411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES SSE OF LOFGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lofgreen(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)

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 009S 004W 16 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH SAND AND SILT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27274, 40.01411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Streams

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lofgreen Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 38.1M
    Overall width 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SILTY SAND AND GRAVEL; ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Bishop, Charles E. Bureau of Land Management

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

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