ARAGONITE
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NAME: Aragonite COUNTY: Tooele ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, hot in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall or spring |
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No residents. To get there, take I-80 exit 56 to Aragonite. Proceed south on the paved road for about 2.8 miles. Just before the Saftey-Kleen facility, there is a good dirt road heading east to the mountains. About 3.6 miles up the road, you will see the remains of what appears to be an old bunk house. This dirt road also follows "Hastings cut-off", the path followed by the Donner party when crossing Utah. Historical markers can be found on the road side. update: 2-26-2012... We found this sight today, and the only structure still standing is the brick bunk house, and it is riddled with bullet holes like Swiss cheese. The cabin in the pictures on your sight is no longer standing and appears to have been burned to the ground. The other structure is no longer there as well. The mine entrance has collapsed.
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| Aragonite was established in the early 1900s as a mining site for the mineral aragonite, used as a decorative stone in building. The site was abandoned after a few years. When first opened, the site would have been very remote, which I believe is why the buildings were built in that area to support the miners. The mine was reopened (not the camp buildings) later in the century, apparantly as a quarry type mining operation, but appears to have no activity for several years now. There are deep shafts and large, deep holes in the area- BE CAREFUL! Submitted by: Jason Reber |
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