Red Clay Pit

Past Producer in Box Elder 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10015835
MRDS ID DB02087
Record type Site
Current site name Red Clay Pit
Related records 10130098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85697, 41.51159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF MUD BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Pass Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 018W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW SW SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLOR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SLOW FIRING TESTS MADE, NOT SUITABLE FOR STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85697, 41.51159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 182.88M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Interstate Brick Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: TUSCALOOSA METALLURGY RESEARCH CTR. 1978

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED VOLCANIC TUFFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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