| Deposit ID | 10090982 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01318 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Main Canyon Road Clay |
| Related records | 10300269 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.79159, 37.79081 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE EAST OF CORN CREEK COAL MINE ALONG MAIN CANYON ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Griffin Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Dixie National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 001E | 04 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Clay | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clay | Ore |
| Result | ATTERBURG WATER OF PLASTICITY 27.5 |
|---|---|
| Result | PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE 4.0 |
| Result | SMOOTH NOT STICKY |
| Result | P. C. E., 19 - 20 . |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone | ||||
| Rock unit name | John Henry Member-Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| Rock description | John Henry Mbr-Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.79159, 37.79081 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | 3 DEG W |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1964 |
| Discoverer | Van Sant |
| District name | Kaiparowits Plateau Coal Field-Escalante |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01318 |
SRC.REF: VAN SANT, 1964
VAN SANT, J. N., 1964 , REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
BOWERS, W. E., 1973 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND COAL RESOURCES OF THE GRIFFIN POINT QUADRANGLE, GARFIELD CO., UTAH: USGS COAL INV. MAP C-61 .
1964 RECON US BUREAU OF MINES I. C. 8213
1975 RECON UGMS, BULL. 107 , P. 151
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DIMENSIONS OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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