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Wig Mtn. Gravel

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090881
MRDS ID D007623
Record type Site
Current site name Wig Mtn. Gravel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03999, 40.36993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2 MI WNW OF ROCKY VABM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wig 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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 011W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT, UNSURVEYED.
  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT-UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore
Chert Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03999, 40.36993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-WEDGE
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 2413.95M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flank Of Mountain Range

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAURER, R.E.,1970, GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR MTNS. UNIV. OF UT. PHD. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. DISSERTATIO

  • Production

    MAURER, R.E., 1970, PHD. THESIS, UNIV. OF UT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    B. TRIPP, THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIAL FANS AND WAVE TERRACES.
Deposit ALIGNED DUNES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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

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