Mine detail: Limestone Quarry

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.10244, -112.35774
dep_id: 10012006
mrds_id: D007310
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR/WEDGE
work_type: Surface
alteration: Limonitic, Dolomitic, Hematitic
Reporter: Bishop, Charles E.
hrock_unit: Humbug Formation
hrock_type: Marble,Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BISHOP, C.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
  • Deposit:: MOORE, W.J. AND SORENSON, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEG. BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, UT. U.S.G.S. I-1132
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