| Deposit ID | 10019979 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12112 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flux and South Flux Quarries |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.55553, 40.67021 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1305 |
| Relative position | APPROX. .75 MI. SOUTH OF THE FLUX STATION ON THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 006W | 05,08 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.55553, 40.67021 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deseret Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Broad Canyon Reverse Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Free Coinage |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Portland Cement Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 23.393HA |
| Overall length | 2712.72M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12112 |
GARVIN, R.F., COMPILER, 1966, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1965: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 79, P. 84.
GOELTZ, N.S., AND OTHERS, COMPILERS, 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1967: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 84 P. 33.
ARNOLD, D.E., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN STANSBURY RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 57P.
RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MUCH OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE OUTCROP BAND FROM FLUX TO MAGPIE CANYON MAY BE REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE FOR QUARRYING. THE PREVIOUS RECORD NOS. (B10) FOR THESE QUARRIES, BEFORE DC12112, ARE DC12108, DC12107 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1994 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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