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Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No 23113

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041881
MRDS ID M057907
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No 23113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40247, 40.33883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1547
Relative position 2.0 MILES SSE OF ST. JOHN STA., HWY 36.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint John(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 005W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW NW OF SW SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLES IN AN ABUNDANT CLAY MATRIX. POORLY SORTED

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, 0% 3 IN, 9% 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 66%, NO. 4 = 37%, NO. 8 = 34%, NO. 50 = 31%, NO. 200 = 21.8% LIQ. LIMIT = 36.3, SWELL = .033.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40247, 40.33883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range - Oquirrh Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan/Lake Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rush Valley Area

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 NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.669HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 1 1/2 YDS. AJACENT PIT TO SOUTH IS 85 X 35 X 1 YD. 3 DOZER SCRAPES TO THE EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWY'S, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO., UT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

    KRUPICKA D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED MATERIAL: PEBBLE-SIZED CARBONATE AND QUANTZITE MATERIAL WITH ABUNDANT CLAY INTER-BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

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