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Pharaohs Glen Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041982
MRDS ID M058091
Record type Site
Current site name Pharaohs Glen Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76551, 40.72494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 6,700 FT N 13 W OF GRANDEUR PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar House(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 001S 002E 19 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76551, 40.72494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Parleys Canyon Syncline
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 52 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Parleys Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.281HA
    Overall length 112M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL QUARRIES: EAST IS 46 YD BY 60 YD BY 60 FT HIGH AND WEST QUARRY IS 30 YD BY 20 YD BY 35 FT HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-380.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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