Ut Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23168

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10087649
MRDS ID D008460
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.65138, 40.69521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 6000 FT. SE OF TIMPIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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 001S 007W 16 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME INTERBEDDED SAND & SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSTLING-73"=0%
Result LESS THAN 1"=0%: AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: (% PASSING): NO. 4=92% NO. 8=82% NO. 50=45% NO. 200=24% / LIQUID LIMIT=20, SWELL=0

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) -112.65138, 40.69521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stansbury Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan/Lake Terrace.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deseret Livestock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 350M
    Overall width 219.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH OF WORKINGS 1 YD.
  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT STATE DEPT. HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREYPL UT STATE DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

    DRUPICKA, D. C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO ANGULAR, POORLY-SORTED PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS OF CARBONATE COMPOSITION, L. S. & DOLO.
Deposit ALIGNED DUNES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Krupicka, Daniel C. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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