Saltair Beach Quarry

Producer in Salt Lake 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020993
MRDS ID DC14646
Record type Site
Current site name Saltair Beach Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18997, 40.74577 (WGS84)
Relative position SALTAIR BEACH, GREAT SALT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 003W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 SECTION 16, SW 1/4 AND E 1/2 SECT. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lake Bonneville deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1965, 5,000-50,000 TONS IN 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GOELTZ,N.S., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.,BULL. 84.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-19-1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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