Utah State Hwy. Dept. Gravel Pit No. 23154

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088632
MRDS ID M057930
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Hwy. Dept. Gravel Pit No. 23154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97557, 40.12826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position APPROX. 6 1/4 MI. NORTH OF IBAPAH ON THE ROAD TO IBAPAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ochre Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 008S 019W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • A SIMILAR DEPOSIT, ALONG THE SAME TREND, IS ON THE GOLD HILL QUADRANGLE; LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT
  • W 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, 3 IN, 0 PERCENT
Result 1 IN., 17 PERCENT
Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO LIN. MAX. SIZE, 1 IN, 100, 1/2 IN., 83, NO. 4, 47, NO. 8, 30, NO. 50, 11.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deep Creek Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PROD. FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.: MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE HWY. DEPT., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VARYING DEGREES OF SORTING; SOME GRADED BEDDING. BOTH HORIZONTAL BEDDING AND CROSS BEDDING ARE LOCALLY PRESENT.
Deposit BERTRANDITE-QUARTZ-ADULARIA-CALCITE-VEINS OF VARYING WIDTHS AND STRIKE-LENGTHS OCCUR IN A ZONE 3500 FT. LONG (N-S) AND 200 FT. WIDE (E-W).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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