Mine detail: Borrow Pit

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.20661, -112.31302
dep_id: 10012043
mrds_id: D007379
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: LINEAR/WEDGE/BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Basin And Range
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
  • Deposit:: MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEG. X DEG. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE CO., UT; U.S.G.S. I-1132
  • Production:: JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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