Stubbs Clay 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012763
MRDS ID D008656
Record type Site
Current site name Stubbs Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63634, 40.29412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 9300 FT. S 33 E OF OLMSTEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003E 17 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
    Rock description Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63634, 40.29412

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Edgemont Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Stubbs

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.474HA
    Overall length 189M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 55

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPSOITS OF UTAH : USBM IC-8213

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOM EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT MAY INDICATE THAT THE QUARRY IS IN A SECTION OF THE MANNING CANYON SHALE THAT HAS SLID DOWN THE HILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.