Mine detail: Gravel Pit

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.01411, -112.27274
dep_id: 10012044
mrds_id: D007381
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: Past Producer
ore: Quartzite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Wave Action (Fluvial)
ore_ctrl: Streams
Reporter: Bishop, Charles E.
hrock_unit: Alluvial Gravels
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Basin And Range
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BISHOP, C.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
  • Deposit:: UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.
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