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Interstate Brick Quartzite Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041983
MRDS ID M058094
Record type Site
Current site name Interstate Brick Quartzite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78996, 40.62661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12,200 FT S 26 W OF MT. OLYMPUS

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 001E 24 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood
    Rock description Big Cottonwood
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78996, 40.62661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT, IS A SERIES OF SMALL PITS AND SHORT ADITS IN A DISTURBED AREA MEASURING 169 YD BY 37 YD; SOUTH PIT IS QUARRY 75 YD BY 50 YD WITH A 40 FT HIGHWALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH, P. 103.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTH PIT IS QUARTZITE PIT, NORTH PROSPECT IS METALS PROSPECT ALONG E-W TRENDING BEDDING

Reporter information

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

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