Mine detail: Clay Canyon Central Clay Pit

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.27744, -112.16969
dep_id: 10012721
mrds_id: D008565
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kaolinite, Sericite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Sericityization, Dolomitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Clastic Sedimeutation
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary Basin
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Manning Canyon Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range, Fractures, Fissures And Faults.
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 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:: MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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