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Barney Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090973
MRDS ID DB00692
Record type Site
Current site name Barney Clay Deposit
Related records 10275717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04463, 38.10137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position .8 MILES EAST OF SANDY RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandy Creek Benches(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 008E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PIT #3 - COMPOSITE SAMPLE: CLAY TAPE - PLASTIC
Result ATTERBURG WATER OF PLASTICITY - 35.0
Result PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE - 6.5
Result DRYING DEFECTS - NONE
Result PLASTIC WORKING QUALITIES - SMOOTH, NOT STICKY
Result PYROMETRIC CONE EQUIVALENT (P.C.E.) - 33
Result COLOR - DARK GRAY. BLACK NODULAR CLAY: CLAY TYPE - PLASTIC
Result ATTERBURG WATER OF PLASTICITY - 31.5
Result PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE - 6.0
Result DRYING DEFECTS - NONE
Result PLASTIC WORKING QUALITIES - SMOOTH, NOT STICKY
Result PYROMETRIC CONE EQUIVALENT (P.C.E.) - 33
Result COLOR - DARK GRAY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation
    Rock description Dakota Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04463, 38.10137
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cainville Reef

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.96M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Notom Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CLAY IS IN A UNIT THAT OUTCROPS ALONG SEVERAL MILES. DEPOSIT IS POTENTIALLY VERY LARGE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NINE SAMPLING PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: VAN SANT, J. N., 1964 , REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8213 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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