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Cove Fort Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010341
MRDS ID D003948
Record type Site
Current site name Cove Fort Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54801, 38.6169 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006W 025S 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum Critical Secondary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillaceous

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gordon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BECAUSE OF ITS INSTABILITY, THIS CLAY HAS DOUBTFUL COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES, ACCORDING TO VAN SANT ( 1964 ) NEARBY CLAY EXPOSURES MAYBE SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J. N., 1964 , US BUR MINES INF. CIR. 8213

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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