Mine detail: Murray Refractories Clay Pit

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63355, -111.79162

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Ore:	Chlorite, Mica, Pyrophyllite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Big Cottonwood
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Wasatch Fault
Tectonic:	Wasatch Front
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration Formed Pyrophyllite

References

MRDS	DC14656
DEP	10102123
Reference	{Deposit:: VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 28-31.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.