Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Sericite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization And Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012711
MRDS IDD008551
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.25911, -112.1483
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.