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Utah Lime and Stone Co. Quarries

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019974
MRDS ID DC12105
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Lime and Stone Co. Quarries
Alternate or previous names Flux Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5547, 40.67049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position FLUX AND DOLOMITE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S;001S 006W;007W 05;05,08 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL DOLOMITE QUARRY, MAJOR LIMESTONE QUARRIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE LIMESTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5547, 40.67049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Comments on the production information

  • 5,048 TONS OF LIME PRODUCED IN 1953; 50,000 TO 500,000 TONS PRODUCED IN 1972-1973.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIGBY,J.K., ED., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC., GUIDEBOOK NO. 13

  • Deposit

    STOWE,C.H., 1973, UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 101

  • Deposit

    GARVIN,R.F. & KAYSER,R.B., 1966, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 79

  • Deposit

    LUFF,P., 1956, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., REPRINT NO. 53.

  • Deposit

    5) GOELTZ,N.S., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE M/NING INDUSTRY OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE BLOCK WITHIN STANSBURY FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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