| Deposit ID | 10012259 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007800 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ut. Dept. Highways Gravel Pit 23085 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.00305, 40.76632 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1426 |
| Relative position | 17,500 FT WSW OF LOW UT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ripple Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001S | 010W | 05 | NW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Result | SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING-0% GREATER THAN 3", 12% GREATER THAN 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 78%, NO 4 = 51%, NO 8 = 40%, NO 50 = 15%, NO 200 = 6.4%/LIQUID LIMIT = 16.1 SWELL = .001 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Oquirrh Group |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | WEDGE-BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 13679.05M |
| Width | 4023.25M |
| Depth to top | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Grassy Mtns. |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Public Domain |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 457.2M |
| Overall width | 268.22M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007800 |
SRC.REF: 1966 UT. STATE DEPT HWYS MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.
UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966; MATERIAL REASEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.
DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MOUNTAINS AND THE GRASSY MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COUNTIES, UTAH: PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS
1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE PEBBLES W/10% COBBLES PRESENT; CARBONATE PEBBLES 15% SUBANGULAR; CACO3 COATING ON 80% OF GRAVEL; SANDY SILT MATRIX 35% |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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