Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification And Sericitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012732
MRDS IDD008578
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.25438, -112.18497
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 FAIFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V.15, P.307-337.