Utah Dept. Highways Gravel Pit 23091

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10087503
MRDS ID D007578
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Gravel Pit 23091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20191, 40.24161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 1.4 MILES NW OF FIVEMILE PASS, HWY 73

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(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

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 007S 003W 05 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT, UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY WELL-SORTED CARBONATE MATERIAL OF PEBBLE SIZE, WITH ABUNDANT SAND & SILT INTERBEDDING.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING - 0% 3", 14% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAXIMUM: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 61%, NO. 4 = 26%, NO. B = 20%, NO. 50 = 14%, NO. 200 = 8.1% LIQUID LIMIT = 25.4 SWELL = .028

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) -112.20191, 40.24161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Osceola District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE BRINES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.288HA
    Overall length 140M
    Overall width 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 1/2 YDS. SILTS AND CLAYS EXPOSED AT BOTTOM OF WORKINGS.
  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HWYS, 1968; MATER. RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUB-ANGULAR CARBONATE PEBBLES, WITH MINOR COBBLES PRESENT; SOME CALCAREOUS COATING PRESENT ON MATERIAL. SAND & SILT ALSO PRESENT.
Deposit UNDERLIES ENTIRE QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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