Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in

Nov 10, 2022 · Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock located one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, near Salt Lake City. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is mainly composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics, and chemical composition.

Apr 29, 2010 · Kicking off the national Family History Conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center was Wednesday morning's virtual video tour of the Granite Mountain Records Vault, the seldom-seen site of records preservation and storage for The Church of …

The Granite Mountains Records Vault has been aptly called the “Mormon version of the pyramids.” While the Egyptian pyramids were built to house the remains of a few rulers, the Granite Mountain Vault was constructed in the 1960’s to store the world’s largest collection of records of the dead.

Jul 11, 2017 · 2.4 million rolls of microfilm containing approximately 3.5 billion images of family history records —that’s what is REALLY inside the Mormon Church’s Granite Mountain Records Vault. The main function of the vault is storage, preservation and reproduction of …

Informally named Granite Peak Mountain, this “island” is a little-known, uninhabited mountain that rises abruptly from the flats of the Great Salt Lake Desert south of Interstate 80.

Feb 28, 2023 · The Granite Mountain Record Vault is tucked away in Little Cottonwood Canyon. This massive vault in Utah is home to the world’s largest collection of genealogical records. The vault is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is one of the most secure vaults in the world.

Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics, and chemical composition.

Jan 18, 2024 · Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics,

The Granite Mountain Records Vault was constructed in the early 1960s, and contains six archival storage areas, covering a total of 65,000 square feet. The space was created by drilling and blasting into the solid quartz monzonite rock at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, in Little Cottonwood Canyon, minutes from Salt Lake City.