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Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit 23119

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 10012140
MRDS ID D007570
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit 23119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41497, 40.20466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position 11400 FT N 23 E OF FAUST UT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 005W 16 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE 99%, QUARTZITE 1%, SMALL COBBLES 70%, PEBBLES 30%, MATRIX 60%

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% GT 3 IN, 12% GT 1 IN, PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 63%, NO 4 = 27% NO 8 = 24%, NO 50 = 20%, NO 200 = 14.4%/LIQUID LIMIT = 24.4, SWELL = .202

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) -112.41497, 40.20466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Rush Valley

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. G. Stimson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.263HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVEST.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR, MODERATE SORTING 60% SILT MATRIX, CACO3 COATINGS ON ALL GRAVEL.

Reporter information

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

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