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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23103 #1, 2, 3

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10087557
MRDS ID D007783
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23103 #1, 2, 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18611, 40.85076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 19,000 FT NNW OF REED PEAK; GRAYBACK HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayback Hills(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 001N 012W 03 NE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • #1 PIT IS MUNITIONS RESIDUE BURIAL SITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOD. WELL SORTED QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE COBBLES & PEBBLES, 30% V. FINE SANDY SILT MATRIX

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, 2% G.T. 3", 28% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX, 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 53%, NO. 4 = 31%, NO. 8 = 22%, NO 50 = 9%, NO. 200 = 3.4%/LIQUID LIMIT = 22.0 SWELL .140

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18611, 40.85076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 804.65M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basin And Range

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN GRAVELLY AREA AROUND GRAYBACK HILLS, BASALT BECOMES A MAJOR CONSTITUENT.

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MUNITIONS RESIDUE BURIAL SITE AT #1 PIT. #3 PIT GRADES TO PEA GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESIS

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    D.E. TAFF, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE 1-3 IN 40% PEAGRAVEL .5 IN AND LESS 40%. CARBONATE (DOLOMITE) 20% SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN QUARTZITE GRAVEL

Reporter information

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

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