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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23036

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. 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 10012083
MRDS ID D007447
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47025, 40.58438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1349
Relative position 5400 FT SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(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 006W 01 NW OF NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE MATERIAL; SOME CARBONATE & VOLCANICS ALSO. MODERATELY SORTED MATERIAL.

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 6% 3", 5% 1"/AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 59%, NO. 4 = 34%, NO. 8 = 28%, NO. 50 = 10%, NO. 200 = 4.5%
Result LIQ. LIMIT = 19.7 SWELL = .000

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) -112.47025, 40.58438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Butler

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 155M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS. REMAINS OF SHOOT AND FUNNEL BOX IN WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT DEPT HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO. 1966

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 19808 ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED; PEBBLES TO COBBLES. SAND & SILT INTERBEDDING. GOOD GRAVEL & BORROW.

Reporter information

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

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