Mine detail: Burriston Claim

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.91189, -111.87911
dep_id: 10012841
mrds_id: D008807
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Halloysite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Dike
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
hrock_unit: Humbug
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Ignimbrite
Structure: Basin And Range Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIR. 8213.
  • Deposit:: HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UTAH UGMS BULL. 55.
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