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Se Aragonite Quarry

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012076
MRDS ID D007439
Record type Site
Current site name Se Aragonite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93305, 40.71771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 3200 FT. NW

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 001N 010W 23 SE OF SE OF NE 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) -112.93305, 40.71771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Close To Small Nw Trending Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Mtns.

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 365.76M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • UP TO 40 FT. DEEP

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., TOOELE CO., UT.: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.

Reporter information

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

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