Commodities
PrimaryLimestone, General
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsCalcite, Dolomite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Faults, Fissures, Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10087662
MRDS IDD008503
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31911, -112.22886
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.