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Utah Dept Highways Gravel Pit 23015

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. 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. 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 10012052
MRDS ID D007401
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept Highways Gravel Pit 23015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25441, 40.54105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.2 MILES NE OF TOOELE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004W 24 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL: QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE MATERIAL, MODERATELY WELL-SORTED; SAND & SILT ALSO PRESENT.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% 3", 12% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 72%, NO. 4 = 39%, NO. 8 = 27%, NO. 50 = 10%, NO. 200 = 5.8% LIQ. LIMIT = 17.4. SWELL

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) -112.25441, 40.54105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSIT IS A RESULT OF SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ALONG A LAKE BONNEVILLE SHORELINE BELOW THE LAKE'S 5200 FT. (1585 M.) MAXIMUM LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Smelting

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.258HA
    Overall length 270M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 4 YARDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE DEPT HWYS MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO. 1966

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C.; 1980 UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED MATERIAL, PEBBLE SIZE, WITH A FEW COBBLES. SAND & SILT - GOOD GRAVEL, BUT LIMITED IN EXTENT.

Reporter information

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

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