Ut. State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23132

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. 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 10087640
MRDS ID D008432
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23132

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73692, 40.318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/4 MI. NORHT OF THE ORR RANCH AND 1/2 MI. EAST OF THE SKULL VALLEY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 006S 008W 03 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :419

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLE GRAVEL TO SAND SIZE PARTICLES, MID WELL SORTED, SILT MATRIX 40-20 PERCENT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING OVER 3 IN = 0, OVER 1 IN = 24
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN. = 100, 1/2 IN. = 87, NO. 4 = 48, NO. 8 = 34, NO. 50 = 17, NO. 200 = 2.2. LIQUID LIMIT = 18.8, SWELL = .014

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73692, 40.318

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Stansbury Mtn

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR/WEDGE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Orr Ranch Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Domain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.017HA
    Overall length 245.67M
    Overall width 99.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    TAFF, DAVID, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. ST. DEPT HWYS; MATERIAL RESEARCH DIVISION, 19668 MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTY USE, DOLOMITE AND QUARTZITE PEBBLES AND COURSE SAND WITH SILTMATRIX; COBBLES AND BOULDERS OF CALICHE AT BOTTOM OF PIT; GRADES TO SILT AT BOTTOM OF PIT; BASAL SHAPE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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