Eagle Hill Mine

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012735
MRDS ID D008584
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20274, 40.30688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 2100 FT EAST OF EAGLE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 17 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Dolomitization, 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20274, 40.30688

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 IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHALES ARE SLIGHTLY SERICITIC. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, AND SILICIFIED. VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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
    Area 0.07HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT OF 100X80X30 FT SIZE.

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

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY SHALE GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, PLASTIC, IRON-STAINED, KAOLIMITIC, CARBONACEOUS AND SILICEOUS. HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY CRUMPLED AND PULVERIZED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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