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North Topliff Hill Clay Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele 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. 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 10090878
MRDS ID D007586
Record type Site
Current site name North Topliff Hill Clay Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18552, 40.14244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1643
Relative position 9200 FT. SE. OF TOPLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 003W 09 SE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18552, 40.14244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greeley Dist.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP MF-131.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1959. GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MTN. AND FIVEMILE PASS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. MF-13

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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