Sanner Pit

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062156
MRDS ID TC35452
Record type Site
Current site name Sanner Pit
Alternate or previous names Capitol Quarry ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07045, 33.35258 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, +/- 0.25 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 003E 08 SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF THE SE/4 OF SECTION 8.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07045, 33.35258

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sanner Contracting Co.
    Home office Phoenix, Az

Comments on the production information

  • RECENT PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • STATUS OF PRODUCTION UNCERTAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, VOL. III.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1913, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., CHAPTER ON ARIZONA: U.S.G.S., PT. II, P. 1338.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEEMS TO BE THE SO-CALLED "CAPITOL" QUARRY. USED IN CAPITOL BLDG. SEE BURCHARD, 1913.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.