Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsMontmorillonite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012684
MRDS IDD008505
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.26633, -112.17024
References
VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.BISSELL, H.J.,ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.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.