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Kingston Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010354
MRDS ID D003964
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06799, 38.16719 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002W 030S 25 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06799, 38.16719
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THIS PURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THIS PURE HALLOYSITE CLAY CAN BE USED ALONE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REFRACTORIES ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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