Utah State Highway Dept. Pit 23147

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101706
MRDS ID D007616
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Highway Dept. Pit 23147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02168, 40.32104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1483
Relative position 4000 FT N 30 W OF ROCKY PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Utah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(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

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 006S 019W 08 NW OF SW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY COARSE-GRAINED, WELL ROUNDED LIMESTONE PEBBLES (MANY GREATER THAN 2 IN. IN DIAMETER).

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS (PERCENTS): BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER THAN 3 IN., 0
Result GREATER THAN 1 IN., 14
Result AFTER CRUSHING, PERCENT PASSING, 1 IN., 100
Result 1/2 IN., 48
Result NO. 4, 23
Result NO. 8, 22
Result NO. 50, 16
Result NO. 200, 9.3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02168, 40.32104

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Utah Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.028HA
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MAT RES. DIV., 1966. MAT. INV., TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY COARSE-GRAINED, WELL ROUNDED LIMESTONE PEBBLES. THE APPROXIMATE AVERAGE DIAMETER IS 1 IN., WITH MANY OVER 2 IN. THE GRAVEL PIT IS DUG INTO THE SLOPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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