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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23164

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10101694
MRDS ID D007406
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3297, 40.55855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 9000 FEET NW OF TOOELE RACE TRACK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tooele(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004W 17 SW OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY QUARTZITE MATERIAL OF PEBBLE SIZE; SOME CARBONATES ALSO PRESENT, AND COBBLE SIZE MATERIAL IS MINOR. MODERATELY WELL-SORTED

Alteration

  • (Local) Water Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% 3", 30% 1"/AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: % PASSING: 1" = 100% 1/2" = 62%, NO. 4 = 27%, NO. 8 = 27%, NO. 50 = 26%, NO. 200 = 2.5%/LIQ. LIMIT = 21.5 SWELL =.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3297, 40.55855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range- Oquirrh Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE/LINEAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSIT IS A RESULT OF SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ALONG A LAKE BONNEVILLE SHORELINE BELOW THE LAKE'S 5200 FT. (1585 M.) MAXIMUM LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Droubay, A. W.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.69HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 YARDS. ADJACENT, SMALLER WORKINGS TO NORTH AVE 150 X 15 X 3 YDS. (WORKINGS USED AS DUMP BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT DEPT HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF TOOELE CO., 1966

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966; MATER. RESEARCH DIV: MATERIALS INVENTORY TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT. HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, UGMS ON-SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED PEBBLES, WITH SOME COBBLES. MOSTLY QUARTZITE COMPOSISTION. SOME SAND PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Krupicka, Daniel C. Bureau of Land Management

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