| Deposit ID | 10012742 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008598 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bingham Creek Gravel Pit |
| Alternate or previous names | Trans-Jordan Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.05413, 40.55994 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1530 |
| Relative position | 7500 FT S 77 E OF BINGHAM CITY CEMETERY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copperton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 002W | 15 | SE OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Alluvium | ||||
| Rock description | Alluvium | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.05413, 40.55994 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 18.29M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 274.32M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bihgham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008598 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961 GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38. 410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF QUARTZ, QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE, SILTSTONE AND IGNEOUS ROCKS; EMBEDDED IN A SILTY AND CLAYEY MATRIX; CARBONATE COATINGS ON MANY PEBBLES AND COBBLES; SORTING POOR |
| Deposit | THE SITE IS NOW BEING USED AS A DUMPING GROUND. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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