Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Eagle Hill Mine

Tooele County, Utah, United States
Clay
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Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, 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 ID10012735
MRDS IDD008584
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.30688, -112.20274
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.