Mine detail: Ellis Clay Pit

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.36744, -111.71717
dep_id: 10012762
mrds_id: D008655
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Recent Sediments
hrock_type: Alluvium
Structure: Wasatch Fault
tectonic: Wasatch Front
discr: Mr. Martell Ellis
References:
  • Deposit:: HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 55.
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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