Mine detail: Sunshine Canyon Prospect #5

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Location

Lat / long: 40.29883, -112.19413

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSD008583
DEP10087676
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.}
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