Mine detail: Sunshine Canyon Mine #1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.28494, -112.1908

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Ore: Halloysite, Sericite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Manning Canyon Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, And Faults
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Sericitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008579
DEP10087674
Reference{Deposit:: VANT 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