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Ut. Dept. Hwys. Borrow Pit #23084

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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087560
MRDS ID D007790
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Borrow Pit #23084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98416, 40.76549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 14,500 FT SW OF LOW UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Low(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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

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 010W 04 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY FINE SANDY SILT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 4% GT.3", 21% GT 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1"=100%, 1/2"=76%, NO4=63%, NO8=56%, NO50=42%, NO20027.8% LIQUID LIMIT 28.4 SWELL .010

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.98416, 40.76549
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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 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grassy Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVEN. TOOELE CO

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESIS

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT HWYS.

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOLMAP UNIV OF UTAH PH.D THESIS

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    TAFF, D.E., 19808 ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENT USE

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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