Soldiers Pass East 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041968
MRDS ID M058054
Record type Site
Current site name Soldiers Pass East Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96301, 40.19966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 1,350 FT N 63 E OF SOLDIERS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 001W 21 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Group;Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Salt Lake Group;Manning Canyon Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96301, 40.19966

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 16 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.074HA
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN PIT AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS IN THE MANNING CANYON SHALE, NUMEROUS PROSPECTS IN THE SALT LAKE GROUP CLAYS AND TWO PROSPECTS IN THE LOWER OQUIRRH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, G.V., 1971, THE ORIGIN OF PYROPHYLLITE-RECTORITE IN SHALES OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 34, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 55, P. 15-27.

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY-CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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