Mine detail: Aragonite Quarry North

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.71965, -112.93722
dep_id: 10012075
mrds_id: D007438
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Aragonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Oquirrh Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Located Just North Of The Hastings Canyon Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
  • Deposit:: MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOL. OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAINS: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.
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