Utah Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23051

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. 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. 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 10012679
MRDS ID D008498
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69999, 40.6141 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3000 FEET WEST OF FLINTKOTE LIME PLANT (DOLOMITE)

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)

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 001S 007W 25 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY CONSISTS OF SUB-ROUNDED TO ANGULAR CARBONATE (L.S. & DOLO.) PEBBLES, COBBLES, WITH SOME BOULDERS.

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS (IN PERCENT): BEFORE CRUSHING: 3IN.=10, OVER. 1=42, AFTER CRUSHING: 1IN=100, 1/2"=52, NO.4=34, NO.8=34, NO.50=17 NO.200=2.5 LIQUID LIMIT=19.3 SWELL=.001

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.69999, 40.6141

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 5.18M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 550M
    Overall width 292.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 4 YDS.: ADJACENT PIT IS 450 YDS X 180 YDS. WITH AND AVERAGE DEPTH OF 5 YDS (EST).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT. OF HWYS; 1966, MATER. RESEARCH DIVISION; MATER. INVENTORY OF TOOELE CO. 1966

  • Deposit

    KURPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWYS

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBONATE GRAVEL; ABUNDANT SAND & SILT INTERBEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Unknown Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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