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Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23064

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10087660
MRDS ID D008497
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69776, 40.60632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 10,500 FEET ESE OF LONE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007W 29 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS (IN PERCENT) BEFORE CRUSHING: 1IN=18, AFTER CRUSHING: 1IN=100, 1/2IN=54 NO.4=30, NO.8=27, NO.50=10, NO.100=32, LIQUID LIMIT= 17, PLASTICITY INDEX=NP SWELL=.003

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium, Fanglomerate
    Rock description Alluvium, Fanglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.69776, 40.60632
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deseret Livestock

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.003HA
    Overall length 120M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    STEGEAN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL IS SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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