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Little Mountain Quarry

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10087656
MRDS ID D008478
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mountain Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54442, 40.63299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF LITTLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 006W 20 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FOR USE IN CEMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Joana Limestone
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Folds

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (N38e, 50nw), Jointing (N70w, 68ne)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.964HA
    Overall length 167.64M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY IS CUT INTO THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN AND THE WORKING FACE IS THE DIPSLOPE OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE. THE BENCHES ARE SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR, SLOPING INTO EACH OTHER BUT ARE USUALLY 20 TO 30 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARRY FACE IS THE DIPSLOPE OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE OUTCROP. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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