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Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 23074

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012072
MRDS ID D007435
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 23074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75582, 40.51299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3.15 MILES S43W OF SALT MTN PEAK (V.A.B.M.)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 008W 33 SW OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE, 80 PERC., QUARTZITE 25 PERC., PEBBLES 75 PERC. AND COBBLES 25 PERC., MODERATELY WELL-SORTED, CLAY MATRIX 40 PERC-30 PERC

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% GT 3 IN., 7% GT 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 82%, NO 4 = 30%, NO 8 = 20%, NO 50 = 7%, NO 200 = 3.9%, LIQUID LIMIT = 21.5

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75582, 40.51299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Stansbury Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE-TRIANGULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan And Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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 Desert Livestock

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.619HA
    Overall length 136.55M
    Overall width 125.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • GRADES TO CLAY AT BOTTOM OF PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. ST. DEPT. HWYS., MATER. RESEARCH DIVISION: MATER. INVEN. TOOELE CO, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTY ROADS ACTIVITY. ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED PEBBLES AND COBBLES. CLAY MATRIX 40%

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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