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Borrow Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101688
MRDS ID D007320
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36052, 40.18744 (WGS84)
Elevation 1574
Relative position 9280 FT NE OF FAUST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vernon NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 007S 005W 24 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLE TO COBBLE SIZE CLASTS IN FINE SAND TO SILT MATRIX. NO SORTING. SOME VERY LARGE LIMESTONE BOULDERS-1 X 1 1/2 FT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36052, 40.18744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.029HA
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 12.5M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEG. X DEG. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE CO., UT; U.S.G.S. I-1132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO SUB-ROUNDED QUARTZITE PEBBLES AND COBBLES, FINE SAND TO SILT. DEPOSIT IS A LARGE MOUND CUT BY A STREAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

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