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Pole Canyon Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Utah 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090899
MRDS ID D008666
Record type Site
Current site name Pole Canyon Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62106, 40.32745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Relative position 500 FT S 70 E OF SPRINGDELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridal Veil Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003E 05 SE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DARK GREY, PLASTIC, GENERALLY NON CALCAREOUS, SPARSE LIMONITE AND PYRITE

Alteration

  • (Local) East

Analytical data

Result CLAY BLOATED AND FUSED AT CONE

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) -111.62106, 40.32745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Big Baldy Thrust To North, N-S Normal Faults Immediately To

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.117HA
    Overall length 135.33M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT. HIGH ROAD CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYFATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1972, GEOL. MAP OF THE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-998

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING NOT UNIFORM, MUCH VARIATION IN ATTITUDE AND THICKNESS, OCCASIONAL THIN LIMESTONE INTERBEDS

Reporter information

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

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