Murray Refractory Quarry

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041878
MRDS ID M057904
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Refractory Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49887, 40.46272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 12300 FT W OF SOUTH MTN. PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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 004S 006W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW NW OF NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49887, 40.46272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N9E
    Dip 69 W
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name South Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Murray Refractory

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.173HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 20.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS A 20 FT. HIGHWALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE STOCK PILE OF CRUSHED MATERIAL ON PROPERTY, VERY PURE WHITE, MEDIUM GRAINED QUARTZITE WITH SLIGHT IRON STAINING ALONG FRACTURES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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