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Corral Canyon Section of Oolitic Sand

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012243
MRDS ID D007765
Record type Site
Current site name Corral Canyon Section of Oolitic Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53914, 40.7866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1283
Relative position 1.25 MILES WEST OF MOUTH OF TABBY'S CYN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N;002N 006W;006W 29 SE OF NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result 90.7 PERCENT LIMESTONE AND 3.2 PERCENT DOLOMITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Oolitic Sand
    Rock description Oolitic Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53914, 40.7866
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stansbury Island

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • USED FOR FLUX AND LIME SOURCE AT UNITED STATES SMELTING AND REFINING'S MIDVALE SMELTER UNTIL 1958 WHEN THE SMELTER CLOSED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • NO SPECIFIC WORKINGS LOCATED, PRODUCTION MENTIONED IN LITERATURE AS COMING FROM SOUTH END OF ISLAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL 737.

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, IN MIN. AND WATER RES. OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 73.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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