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Canyon Rim Quarries

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Clay, Cement Rock
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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 10088679
MRDS ID M058095
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Rim Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78912, 40.70411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 8,100 FT S 83 W OF GRANDEAR 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 001E 25 NW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Clay Primary
Cement Rock Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Thaynes;Twin Creeks Limestone
    Rock description Thaynes;Twin Creeks Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78912, 40.70411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH PIT IS IN TWIN CREEKS, CENTRAL AND SOUTH PITS ARE IN THAYNES

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
    Overall length 161M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • CENTRAL PIT IS 140 YD BY 15 YD BY 35 FT HIGH; SOUTH PIT IS 55 YD BY 35 YD NORTH PITS ARE RELATIVELY SMALL

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH PITS ARE IN FORMATION WITH CEMENT ROCK POTENTIAL, CENTRAL PIT EXPLORES SHALE UNIT IN LIMESTONE, SOUTH PIT EXPLORES LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

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