Mine detail: Utelite Clay Pit and Plant

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.7555, -111.40439
dep_id: 10011522
mrds_id: D006473
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Frontier Formation
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Ne Trending Fault Immediately North Of Mine
tectonic: Uinta Uplift
References:
  • Deposit:: SYLVIA, GOELTZ, N., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH; 1967; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURV., BULL. 84, P. 31.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
  • Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.
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