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Henry Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010350
MRDS ID D003960
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09716, 38.42997 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002W 027S 27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitic, Alunitic, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09716, 38.42997
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACCESS IS DIFFICULT AND MARKETS ARE NOT CLOSE, THEREFOR, THIS DEPOSIT HAS NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J. N., 1964 , US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME CLAY IN THE AREA IS A PLASTIC HIGH-DUTY REFRACTORY THAT MIGHT BE SUITABLE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WHITEWARE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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