Utah Highway Dept. Pit No. 23053

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012239
MRDS ID D007756
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Highway Dept. Pit No. 23053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50998, 40.7741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1285
Relative position 6.0 MILES SOUTH OF STANSBURY PEAK IN 34, T2N, R6W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corral Canyon(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 001N 006W 34 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INTERBEDS OF SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1"=2
Result AFTER: 1"=98
Result 1/2"=58
Result #4=39
Result #8=32
Result #50=20
Result #200=10.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 26.0
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL=0
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50998, 40.7741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Solar Salt

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESOURCE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS, TOTAL DISTURBED AREA 20 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENT.: TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY TABULAR IN SHAPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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