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Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No 23075

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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10012071
MRDS ID D007434
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No 23075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77471, 40.51243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Relative position 7,000 FT S48W OF SALT MTN PEAK (VABM)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hastings Pass SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 008W 32 NW OF NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE 80% AND QUARTZITE 20% PEBBLE GRAVEL WITH CLAY MATRIX 30%, MOD. WELL SORTED

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% GT 3 IN, 9% GT 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 76%, NO 4 = 45%, NO 8 = 39%, NO 50 = 15, NO 200 = 3.4%, SWELL = .022 LIQUID LIMIT = 18.7

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77471, 40.51243
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Stansbury Range

Ore body information

  • General form TRIANGULAR-WEDGE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Skull Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 0.304HA
    Overall length 62.18M
    Overall width 53.64M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY ON SITE INVEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. ST. DEPT. HWY., MATER. RESEARCH DIV., MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLES, MINOR AMOUNT OF CACO3 COATINGS. CLAY MATRIX AND BASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Taff, David Bureau of Land Management

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