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Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23118

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. Materials information
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101703
MRDS ID D007567
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40524, 40.22605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1564
Relative position 9.7 MILES SOUTH OF ST. JOHN STA. ON 36

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(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 09 SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATE PEBBLES, MOD. WELL-SORTED, WITH HEAVY SILT AND CLAY INTERBEDDING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 0% 3", 1% 1"/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX: 1"=100%, 1/2"=84%, NO 4=43%, NO 8=27%, NO 50=4%, NO 200= 3.3% LIQ. LIMIT = 23.7 SWELL = .009.

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) -112.40524, 40.22605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range - Onaqui Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 482.79M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach

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 D. V. Anderson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS REPRESENTATIVE OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW WORKINGS ALONG WEST SIDE OF HWY 36. EXACT SIZE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO SHALLOWNESS OF WORKINGS, AND BRUSHY COVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    KRUPICKA, D.C.; 1980 UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY ON-SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED CO3 PEBBLE MATERIAL, ABUNDANT SILT & CLAY. FAIR TO MARGINAL GRAVEL MATERIAL.

Reporter information

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

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