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Wanship Dam Clay Locality

Occurrence in Summit 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087371
MRDS ID D006472
Record type Site
Current site name Wanship Dam Clay Locality
Related records 10301004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40939, 40.78438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position 3300 FT SW OF WANSHIP DAM GAGING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanship(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 005E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONACEOUS CLAY-SHALES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Frontier Formation
    Rock description Frontier Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40939, 40.78438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending, Slightly Overturned Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N70E
    Dip 28NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coalville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANT, JOEL, N, VAN, 1964, REFRACTORY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, BUR. OF MINES, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON U.S.B.M. IC-821

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDY AND CARBONACEOUS SHALES EXPOSED IN A SECTION SOUTHWEST OF WANSHIP DAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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