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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23032

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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101697
MRDS ID D007449
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48859, 40.50911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position BOX ELDER WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(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)

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 003S 006W 35 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS MAINLY OF QUARTZITE COMPOSITION, WITH MINOR CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC MATERIAL ALSO PRESENT. MODERATE SORTING.

Alteration

  • (Local) Material Rounding

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 2% 3", 14% 1"/AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1" = 100%, 1/2" = 81%, NO. 4 = 53%, NO. 8 = 34%, NO. 50 = 5%, NO. 200 = 3%, LIQ. LIMIT = 22.8 SWELL = .002

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) -112.48859, 40.50911
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 1524M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State Road Commission

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 330M
    Overall width 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 5 YDS. WORKINGS ARE WEDGE-SHAPED IN CROSS-SECTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES, WITH SOME COBBLE SIZE PRESENT. MODERATELY SORTED, WITH ABUNDANT SAND PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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