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Flintkote Quarry

Past 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019978
MRDS ID DC12111
Record type Site
Current site name Flintkote Quarry
Alternate or previous names Mcbride and Hyder Quarry, Utah Lime and Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7036, 40.6116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Relative position 8700 FT, N40 DEG W OF FLUX, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 001S 006W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S TAKEN ON QUARRY SYMBOL, TIMPIE 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite;Garden City Formation
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite;Garden City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7036, 40.6116
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Canyon Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Flintkote Div., Utah Lime And Stone Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO QUARRIES. THE QUARRY FURTHEST EAST IN SECTION 25 IS 91,000 SQ FT. THE QUARRY FARTHEST WEST IN SECTION 25 IS 234,000 SQ. FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARVIN, R.F., COMPILER, 1966, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1965: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 79, P. 83

  • Deposit

    GOELTZ, N.S., AND OTHERS, COMPILERS, 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1967: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 84, P. 32.

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME STRIPPING HAS BEEN STARTED ON THE RIDGE WEST OF THE WESTERN QUARRY, IN THE ORDORICIAN GARDEN CITY FORMATION. THE QUARRYING HAS GENERALLY BEEN IN 40 FT. BENCHES.
Deposit RECORD NOS. PRIOR TO DC12111 INCLUDE DC12109 (UTAH LIME AND STONE), AND DC12108. THE QUARRY HAS BEEN WORKED SINCE THE EARLY 1900'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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