The Interstate Brick Quartzite Quarry is a silica mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 40.62667, -111.78917
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Interstate Brick Quartzite Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Interstate Brick Quartzite Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): SOUTH PIT IS QUARTZITE PIT, NORTH PROSPECT IS METALS PROSPECT ALONG E-W TRENDING BEDDING
Comment (Workings): NORTH PROSPECT, IS A SERIES OF SMALL PITS AND SHORT ADITS IN A DISTURBED AREA MEASURING 169 YD BY 37 YD; SOUTH PIT IS QUARRY 75 YD BY 50 YD WITH A 40 FT HIGHWALL
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1974, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH, P. 103.
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