Commodities
PrimaryFire Clay (Refractory)
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Sericite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Cayong Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Dissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization And Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012713
MRDS IDD008555
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.26133, -112.15052
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.V. ASNT, J.N., 1964, P. 46