Sunshine Canyon Mine #3

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087675
MRDS ID D008581
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Canyon Mine #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19108, 40.29105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 7,700 FT S70W FROM MANNING TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 21 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Sericite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19108, 40.29105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures, Fault And Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 55NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOSTROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND FOLDED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED AND SLIGHTLY SERICITIC-LIMONITIC STAINS ON HOSTROCKS ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE INCLINES, 55 DEG., RUNNING FOR 250, 100 AND 50 FT. IN LENGTH, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; ONE INCLINE 70 DEG., COLLAPSED; INCLINES ALONG BEDDING PLANES; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.)U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN,E.S., AND SHANNORN,E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V.15, P. 307-337.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY SHALE IS DARK GREEN TO BLACK, PLASTIC, IRON-STAINED, SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS, KAOLIMITIC, CALCEREOUS, AND SILICEOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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