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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23112

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012656
MRDS ID D008435
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51109, 40.33577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 2.9 MILES WEST OF CLOVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Pass(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 006W 34 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY-SORTED CARBONATE MATERIAL WITH ABUNDANT SAND & SILT INTERBEDDING.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING, OVER 3IN.=12. OVER 1IN=38
Result AFTER CRUSHING, 1IN=100 1/2IN.=57, NO. 4=32, NO. 8=22, NO. 50=7, NO. 200=4.1. LIQUID LIMIT= 18.8, SWELL= .017

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) -112.51109, 40.33577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Columbia

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.957HA
    Overall length 260M
    Overall width 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 YDS. NORTH END OF WORKINGS USED AS A LOCAL DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    KRUDICKA, D. C., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED CABONATE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, MODERATELY SORTED. SAND & SILT ALSO PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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