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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087500
MRDS ID D007571
Record type Site
Current site name Rush Valley Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4333, 40.14466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position 18,100 FT. S 39 W OF FAUST STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 005W 05 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE 80%, QUARTZITE 20%, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR SMALL COBBLES 40%, PEBBLES 60%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4333, 40.14466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Rush Valley

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.61HA
    Overall length 141.43M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIAL RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO., UTAH

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE SMALL COBBLES AND PEBBLES, SANDY SILT MATRIX 70%, MODERATE SORTING.

Reporter information

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

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