Deseret Quarry No. 1

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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 10101705
MRDS ID D007584
Record type Site
Current site name Deseret Quarry No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18747, 40.13133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730
Relative position 11,500 SW OF TOPLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 003W 09 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18747, 40.13133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N77W
    Dip 25 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greeley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.631HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE PROSPECT CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP MF-131.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1959. GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MTS.: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOL. OF UTAH NO. 14.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. MAP MF-13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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