Mine detail: Unknown Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 40.25883, -112.20469

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSD008575
DEP10094503
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.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan