Clinton Clay Pit

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088686
MRDS ID M058114
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95662, 40.39911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 8950 FEET S 52 E OF CEDAR POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(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

Military Reservation(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 001W 09 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result VARIES FROM CONE 17 TO 20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95662, 40.39911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 1524M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clinton Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Interpace Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.286HA
    Overall length 1524M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION COMMENCED IN EARLY 1900'S, OWNED BY UTAH FIRECLAY BEFORE INTERPACE ACQUISITION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    PITCHER, G.G., 1957, THE GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS QUAD.: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, G.V., 1968, PYROPHYLLITE-BEARING CLAY IN CLINTON DEPOSIT, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 23, 28 P.

  • Production

    PITCHER, G.G., 1957, P. 33. AND HENDERSON, G.V., 1968.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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