Ut. Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit #23079

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 10087561
MRDS ID D007792
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit #23079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91222, 40.82076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position SOUTH FLANK OF SKUNK RIDGE; LOW QUAD

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

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 009W 18 NW OF SW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY POOR SORTING GRADING FROM COBBLES AT TOP TO V. FINE SILTY SAND AT BOTTOM GRAVEL IS 95% TO 85% DOLOMITE

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING-17% GT3", 48%GT1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1"=100%, 1/2"=61%, NO4=34%,NO8=29%,NO50=23%,NO200=3.3% LIQUID LIMIT=18.4 SWELL=.002

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) -112.91222, 40.82076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Skunk Ridge

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.071HA
    Overall length 324M
    Overall width 216.41M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

  • 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., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR DOLOMITE COBBLE (AT TOP) TO PEBBLES (AT BOTTOM). CA CO3 COATINGS ON 95% OF GRAVEL. ABOUT 10% QUARTZITE PEBBLES.V. FINE SILTY SAND AT BOTTOM OF PITS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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