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Chiulos Canyon Shale Locality

Occurrence in Utah 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012776
MRDS ID D008684
Record type Site
Current site name Chiulos Canyon Shale Locality

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09857, 40.01106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 7650 FT S 72 E OF BISMARK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(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 009S 002W 29 SW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO ARBITRARY POINT WITHIN OUTCROP OF GREAT BLUE LS., MIDDLE SHALE MBR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone Middle Shale Member
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone Middle Shale Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09857, 40.01106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 255.12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIDDLE SHALE MEMBER IS PROBABLY EQUIVALENT TO THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL ADITS AND PROSPECTS LOCATED ON OUTCROPS OF THIS CLAY SHALE, HOWEVER, THE WORKING ARE PROBABLY METALS PROSPECTS RATHER THAN CLAY PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • NO KNOWN DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUAD, UTAH: USGS MAP MF 45.

Reporter information

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

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