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Hardesty Gorge Clay

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088323
MRDS ID DB01723
Record type Site
Current site name Hardesty Gorge Clay
Related records 10130531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92448, 41.87658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1917
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES ENE OF MEADOW CREEK BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 018W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitization

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) -113.92448, 41.87658
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Nearby North - Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 7 DEG W
    Length 54.68M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SALT LAKE FM IS COMPLEX OF VOLCANICS, VOLCANIC SEDIMENTS, LACUSTRINE AND FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer H. H. Doelling

Mining district

District name Goose Creek Mtns

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPOSED IN ROAD CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 6 FEET THICK

Reporter information

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

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