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Murray Refractories Quarry

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020012
MRDS ID DC12169
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Refractories Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49859, 40.45383 (WGS84)
Relative position STANSBURY RANGE, WEST OF SOUTH MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Mountain(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 004S 006W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result NEARLY PURE QUARTZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49859, 40.45383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BEDS
    Strike N 10-15 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY, MEDIUM TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 85 CARLOADS IN 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIGBY,J.K., ED., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC., GUIDEBOOK NO. 13

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 04-13-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

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

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