Keigley Quarry

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Dolomite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021335
MRDS ID DC15662
Record type Site
Current site name Keigley Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.8105, 40.01106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
Relative position 17,600 FT. S29W OF TANNER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 001E 27 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO CENTER OF QUARRY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Dolomite Primary

Analytical data

Result BLAST FURNACE STONE: 5 PERCENT SILICA MAX., OPEN HEARTH STONE: 2.2 PERCENT MAX, OPEN HEARTH REFRACTORY STONE 2.2 PERCENT MAX.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.8105, 40.01106

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Mountain Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST TO NE-SW
    Dip 45-80 SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.
    Home office Jefferson City, Tn.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BULLOCK, K.C., 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 121.889HA
    Overall length 1249.68M
    Overall width 975.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PART 1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, J.W., 1952, GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WEST MTN.: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, B.O., 1953, GEOL. OF WEST MOUNTAIN AND THE NORTH PORTION OF LONG RIDGE, UTAH CO., UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

  • Production

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUXING STONE FROM CAMB. TEUTONIC LS., COLE CANYON DOLOMITE AND LOWER 100 FT OF THE HERKIMER LS.; OPEN HEARTH FLUXING STONE FROM HERKIMER LS. AND LOWER TEUTONIC; OPEN HEARTH REFRACTORY STONE FROM THE BLUEBIRD DOLOMITE, COLE CANYON DOLOMITE AND OPEX DOLOMITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/08/2014
MSHA mine ID4200021
Mine name (MSHA)Keigley Quarry
Current operatorStaker & Parson Companies
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1037 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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