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Gravel Pit #1

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087691
MRDS ID D008624
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16024, 40.72355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1283
Relative position 1500 FT S 20 W OF GARFIELD PUMPING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 003W 22 SW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16024, 40.72355
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Garfield Smelter Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.049HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 160.02M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S. N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT OF HWYS,M 19648 MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE CO. UT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD SORTED, SUBANGULAR, EQUANT GRAVELS, 60 PER. CLASTS; CONGLOMETATE LAYER 1FT THICK RUNNING THROUGHOUT DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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