Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Montmorillonite, Sericite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization, Kaolinization And Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101756
MRDS IDD008552
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27938, -112.1608
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. 1K, P. 307-337V.SANT, JOEL N., 1964, P.46