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Best Western Motel Cuts

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. 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 10012048
MRDS ID D007393
Record type Site
Current site name Best Western Motel Cuts

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03142, 40.7402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4500 FT S40E OF NEEDLE PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wendover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 019W 17 NW OF NE 0F SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLLUVIUM WITH LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS. 1-2 IN. PEBBLES WITH 3-5 IN. COBBLES AND CLAY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leppy Hills Pediment

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leppy Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stateline Properties
    Home office Wendover, Utah 668-2221
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn Paulsen
    Home office Wendover, Ut

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.815HA
    Overall length 283.46M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUTS ARE AT THE BASE OF A HILL, BEHIND THE WESTERN MOTEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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