Hastings Pass Nw Quarry

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012074
MRDS ID D007437
Record type Site
Current site name Hastings Pass Nw Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94944, 40.7116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 6000 FT. NW OF HASTINGS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hastings Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 010W 22 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94944, 40.7116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Hastings Thrust And Hasting Canyon Fault Bracket The Workings

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N33W
    Dip 78NE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Calcium Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 249M
    Overall width 72.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT PITS RANGING FROM 20 YDS BY 10 YDS TO 60 YDS. BY 12 YDS. AND UP TO 60 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOL. OF THE CEDAR MTNS.: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL PROSPECTS ARE ON SAME VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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