Commodities
PrimaryAggregate, Light Weight
TertiaryClay, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Kaolinite, Limestone, Montmorillonite, Quartzite
Geology
Associated rockLatite
StructureLake Mountain Syncline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationWeathering Of Tuff To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10021327
MRDS IDDC15652
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.20411, -111.98023
References
CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UT.: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, P. 28BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46P.TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, P. 28.