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Mercur Canyon Sw Quarry

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042126
MRDS ID M058430
Record type Site
Current site name Mercur Canyon Sw Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07604, 40.31495 (WGS84)
Elevation 2106
Relative position 6,400 FT S 72 E OF WEST MERCUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jimmies Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Strawberry(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 004W 11 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orthoclase Ore
Plagioclase Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Eagle Hill Rhyolite
    Rock description Eagle Hill Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07604, 40.31495
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur District (West Dip Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.03HA
    Overall length 33M
    Overall width 10.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE QUARRY WITH 15 FT. HIGHWALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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