Chamberlain Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012713
MRDS ID D008555
Record type Site
Current site name Chamberlain Mine
Related records 10130057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15052, 40.26133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 14,100 FT S 17 E. FROM MANNING TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 35 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRING TEST DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CLAY IS NOT REFRACTORY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Sericite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Manning Cayong Shale
    Rock description Manning Cayong Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15052, 40.26133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 20NW
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 20NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHALES ARE SQUEEZED DEFORMED AND CONTORTED. NUMEROUS SMALL DISPLACEMENTS ARE EVIDENT NEAR MINE PORTAL. THE CLAY UNIT IS OVERLAIN BY A MEDIUM GRAY LIMETSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.526HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ABANDONES ADIT, DRIVEN N60W; CAVED AND INACESSIBLE; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.

  • Production

    V. ASNT, J.N., 1964, P. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAY VARYING FROM LIGHT TO DARK GRAY, CONTAINS THIN INTER-BEDDED SEAMS OF RED AND YELLOW IRON-OXIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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