Mine detail: Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.263, -112.16608
dep_id: 10012715
mrds_id: D008557
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Zinc, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Sericite, Smithsonite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
alteration: Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Clastic Sedimentation; And Hydrotherwal Processes
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary Basin; And Fractures And Fissures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Manning Canyon Shale
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale
Structure: Basin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: HYATT, E.R., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
  • Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1958, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 14, UT GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M. BULL. 14, 262 P.
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, B.J., 1959, NICKEL-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF.CIRC. 8213
  • Production:: MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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