Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Sunshine Canyon Mine #4

Tooele County, Utah, United States
Clay
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Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Folds And Faults
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012734
MRDS IDD008582
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.293, -112.19247
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.