Mine detail: Clay Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.25966, -112.20219

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Ore: Halloysite, Sericite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Manning Canyon Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Fractures, Folds, Fissures
Tectonic:Serier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Doloitization, Serievtization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008572
DEP10012728
Reference{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.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan