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Fort Douglas Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088674
MRDS ID M058081
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Douglas Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81773, 40.76605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 6,100 FT S 15 E OF MT. VAN COTT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 001E 03 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAIN QUARRY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD SEPERATION OF BEDDING BUT FRACTURED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81773, 40.76605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fort Douglas Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN QUARRY IS 65 YD BY 25 YD WITH 75 FT. HIGHWALL, SEVERAL SMALL QUARRIES AND PROSPECTS NEARBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIXON, H.B., 1938, THE BUILDING AND MONUMENTAL STONES OF THE STATE OF UTAH: M.A. THESIS BYU, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1961, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS.

Reporter information

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

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