Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Zinc, Clay
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSedimentary Basin; And Fractures And Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsKaolinite, Montmorillonite, Sericite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization, Limonitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012715
MRDS IDD008557
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.263, -112.16608
References
HYATT, E.R., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1958, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 14, UT GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M. BULL. 14, 262 P.ANDERSON, B.J., 1959, NICKEL-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAHVAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF.CIRC. 8213MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.