Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Montmorillonite, Sericite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094503
MRDS IDD008575
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.25883, -112.20469
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. 55LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V.15, P.307-337.