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Borrow Pit

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087449
MRDS ID D007384
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35191, 40.07633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1704
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SSW OF CUMMINGS WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lofgreen(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 008S 005W 36 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES INTERMIXED WITH SAND, SILT AND CLAY.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35191, 40.07633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Streams

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vernon Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT HAS BEEN FILLED-UP BY ALLUVIUM; ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF MINED AREA ARE DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

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