Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsKaolinite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures, Fissures And Faults.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericityization, Dolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012721
MRDS IDD008565
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27744, -112.16969
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.MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.