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Bennett Group Clay Pits

Past Producer in Juab 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012611
MRDS ID D008334
Record type Site
Current site name Bennett Group Clay Pits
Alternate or previous names Bennett Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13496, 39.97662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position 10,700 FT NE OF SNELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 01 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ajax Dolomite; Opex Formation
    Rock description Ajax Dolomite;Opex Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13496, 39.97662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.689HA
    Overall length 541M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH PIT IS MAJOR WORKING ALTHOUGH SOME PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE NORTH WEST PROSPECT, THE FOUR CENTRAL PROSPECTS ARE LONG SHALLOW OPEN CUTS WITH NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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