KSL TV Deseret Peak Utah Temple Groundbreaking Deseret Peak Temple Groundbreaking Full Ceremony TOOELE — Tooele Valley residents turned more than soil Saturday as they ceremoniously broke ground for construction of the Deseret Peak Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tooele, Utah. With seagulls calling in the spring sky and a majestic backdrop that included running horses and all 11,000 feet of snow-capped Deseret Peak itself, church members and leaders also turned the final page on a year that included a decision to move the planned temple to Tooele from the original site in Erda, a seven-minute drive away.