Ut Highway Dept. Pit No. 23108

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012253
MRDS ID D007787
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Highway Dept. Pit No. 23108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0028, 40.79825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 5800 FT. NE OF RADIO TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leppy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 019W 27 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result BEFORE CRUSHING, PERCENTS, GREATER THAN 3 IN - 5, GREATER THAN 1 IN - 25
Result AFTER CRUSHING, 1 IN - 100, 1/2 IN - 79, NO. 4 - 43, NO. 8 - 29, NO. 50 - 18, NO. 200 - 1.5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0028, 40.79825

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Leppy Hills

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Point Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Highway Dept
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.441HA
    Overall length 222.5M
    Overall width 109.73M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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