Pugh Pit

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012714
MRDS ID D008556
Record type Site
Current site name Pugh Pit
Related records 10131310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14413, 40.25883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 15,500 FEET SOUTH 22 EAST OF 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)

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 SW OF NE OF OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TEST DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CLAY BLOATS BETWEEN 2,200-2,300 F

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Kaolimization, Sericitization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55W
    Dip 30NE
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHALES ARE HIGHLY SQUEEZED, SERICITIZED AND KAOLINIZED. LIMESTONES ARE CHERTY, DOLOMITIC AND LIMONTIC. VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pilworth C. Pugh

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.402HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • A BENCH CUT, LATER DEVELOPED AS A BOX CUT, 400 FT. LONG BEARING N70W, WAS THE MINING METHOD USED; AN INCLINE DIPPING 20 DEG; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; SEVERAL OTHER PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIR. 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. SANT, J.N., 1964, P.48

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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