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Sand and Gravel 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087453
MRDS ID D007395
Record type Site
Current site name Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02253, 40.74714 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 5500 FT S80E OF NEEDLE PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wendover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 001S 019W 08,17 NW OF NE OF NE (08) Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02253, 40.74714
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leppy Hills Pediment

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leppy Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.326HA
    Overall length 579.12M
    Overall width 115.82M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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