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Marblehead Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012217
MRDS ID D007701
Record type Site
Current site name Marblehead Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84554, 40.88937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WNW OF CRANER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craner Peak(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 002N 009W 22 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Nounan-St. Charles Formations
    Rock description Nounan-St. Charles Formations
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.84554, 40.88937
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 975.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marblehead Lime Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 701.04M
    Overall width 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOL. OF THE LAKESIDE MTNS. AND GRASSY MTNS. AND VICINITY: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESI

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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