Tooele Quarry

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094816
MRDS ID DC12266
Record type Site
Current site name Tooele Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38636, 40.18383 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(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 007S 005W 26,27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECT. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.38636, 40.18383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARVIN,R.F. & KAYSER,R.B., 1966, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 79

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-17-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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