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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23038

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 10012088
MRDS ID D007453
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23038

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48442, 40.5955 (WGS84)
Elevation 1349
Relative position 5000 FEET SW 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 002S 006W 36 NW OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE WITH SOME CARBONATE & VOLCANIC MATERIAL; PEBBLES AND COBBLES; SAND & SILT INTERBEDDING

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING
Result 15% 3", 35% 1" /PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100, 1/2" = 61%, NO. 4 = 46%, NO. 8 = 39%, NO. 50 = 23%, NO. 200 = 10%/LIQUID LIMIT = 18.4 SWELL = .003

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) -112.48442, 40.5955
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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 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Wrathall

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.686HA
    Overall length 400M
    Overall width 155.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 5 YDS. SOME WATER PRESENT IN BOTTOM OF DEEPEST PART OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED QUARTZITE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, WITH SOME CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC MATERIAL; MODERATELY SORTED.

Reporter information

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

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