Coon Pit

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154682
MAS/MILS ID 0490450109
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Pit
Alternate or previous names Gardner Sand & Gravel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2994, 40.52824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1520

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 003 S 004 W Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2994, 40.52824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. W And W B Gardner Sand And Gravel Inc
    ID 4201050
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1978 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/11/1988
MSHA mine ID4201050
Mine name (MSHA)Coon Pit
Current operatorW W & W B Gardner Inc
Current controller (parent)Gaylord W Gardner
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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