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Timpie Gravel Pit No. 2

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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067304
MRDS ID W000004
Record type Site
Current site name Timpie Gravel Pit No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55803, 40.68187 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 8000 FEET WEST OF FLUX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007W 36 NE OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILT, SAND, AND CARBONATE PEBBLES, WELL-SORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55803, 40.68187
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Stansbury Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description East-Draining Valley

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Dip N
    Length 328.08M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace/Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF TOOELE COUNTY.

  • Production

    KRUPICKA,D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED CARBONATE PEBBLES, WITH ABUNDANT SAND & SILT PRESENT. MATERIAL IS WELL-WORKED AND WELL-SORTED.

Reporter information

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

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