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Temple Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021031
MRDS ID DC14729
Record type Site
Current site name Temple Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76468, 40.573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 7,000 FT EAST OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 002E 07 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STONE USED FOR SALT LAKE TEMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Precambrian rocks of the Canyon Range
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.891HA
    Overall length 335.28M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • CRUSHED MATERIAL WAS LAST PRODUCT PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ 377.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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