Mine detail: Pugh Pit

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.25883, -112.14413
dep_id: 10012714
mrds_id: D008556
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Halloysite, Sericite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Limonitization, Kaolimization, Sericitization, And Silicification
conc_proc: Clastic Sedimentation
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary Basin
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Manning Canyon Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
tectonic: Sevier Oroginic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIR. 8213.
  • Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
  • Deposit:: HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
  • Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.
  • Production:: V. SANT, J.N., 1964, P.48
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