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Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit #23086

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. Ownership information
  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 10087462
MRDS ID D007464
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit #23086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13805, 40.73299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position SOUTH FLANK OF THE GRAYBACK HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aragonite NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 011W 18 SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER AND LOWER PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE, BASALT, DOLOMITE, LARGE COBBLES ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR MODERATELY POOR SORTING

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3% GT 3", 36% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 64%, NO 4 = 38%, NO 8 = 33%, NO 50 = 27%, NO 200 = 10.6%/LIQUID LIMIT = 20.7 SWELL = .003

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13805, 40.73299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 15.385HA
    Overall length 685.8M
    Overall width 670.56M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1980, MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASALT, QUARTZITE, DOLOMITE COBBLES, SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED GRADING TO ANGULAR PEBBLES IN UPPER PIT. CACO3 COATINGS ON 90% OF GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

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