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Wells Canyon Central Clay Prospect

Utah County, Utah, United States
Clay
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Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBasin And Range
Materials
Ore mineralsSericite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureFissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenie Belt
AlterationSericitization, Kaolinization, Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012717
MRDS IDD008559
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.26883, -112.1733
References
VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 19598 GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262 P.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. 307-3379