Granite Mountain (Utah) Granite Mountain (Utah) 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. This is the same material used to construct the Salt Lake Temple and the facade of the LDS Conference Center. The Granite Mountain Records Vault (also known simply as The Vault) is a large archive and vault owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Granite spiny lizard Granite spiny lizard The granite spiny lizard (Sceloporus orcutti) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard. The epithet, "orcutti", honors American naturalist Charles Russell Orcutt (1864–1929), who collected the type specimen in San Diego County, California. It is endemic to southern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. The granite spiny lizard is snout-to-vent length. Maximum total length including the tail is . Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled and pointed on its body and tail. It has a wide purple mid-dorsal stripe. The males of the species have yellow-green and blue-centered scales on the body; juveniles and