Mine detail: Pony Express Road Borrow Pit

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.14827, -112.45913
dep_id: 10012141
mrds_id: D007572
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
orebody_fm: WEDGE/LINEAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Wave Action
ore_ctrl: Lake Terrace
Reporter: Taff, David E.
hrock_unit: Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Basin And Range-Rush Valley
References:
  • Deposit:: TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
  • Deposit:: UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO.
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