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Limestone Quarry

Past 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. Alteration
  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 10101689
MRDS ID D007325
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3733, 40.07022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1772
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF CUMMINGS WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lofgreen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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)

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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 005W 02 NE OF NE OF N Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitic, Limonitic, & Silicic.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3733, 40.07022
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Folds

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/WEDGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vernon Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUAD. TOOELE, CO UT. U.S.G.S. I-1132

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY FRACTURED AND ALTERED LIMESTONES AT PLACES, CRUMPLED AND FOLDED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

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

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