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Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23065

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10012678
MRDS ID D008496
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72165, 40.57549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 7,900 FEET SE OF LONE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 001S 007W 32 NW OF NW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE 1IN=52
Result AFTER 1IN.=100
Result 1/2IN=53 NO.4=29, NO.8=22, NO.50=12, NO.200=2.1
Result LIQUID LIMIT=19.8
Result PLASTICITY INDEX NP
Result SWELL=.005

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium, Fan Deposits
    Rock description Alluvium, Fan Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72165, 40.57549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 5.49M
    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 Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deseret Livestock

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.926HA
    Overall length 140M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS, ADJACENT PIT NORTH AT 40Y X 30Y X 1YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION,: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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