Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsSericite, Variscite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization, Dolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012723
MRDS IDD008567
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.28577, -112.17552
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, HASAN, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.