Aragonite Quarry North

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012075
MRDS ID D007438
Record type Site
Current site name Aragonite Quarry North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93722, 40.71965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5400 FT. NW OF HASTINGS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hastings Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 001S 010W 14,23 NW OF SE OF SE (14); NE (23) Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93722, 40.71965

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Located Just North Of The Hastings Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 90
    Length 822.96M
    Width 36.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Calcium Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PROD. FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 640.08M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG QUARRY ALONG VEIN WITH SHAFT DRIVEN TO ACCESS DEEP MATERIAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOL. OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAINS: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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