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Utah Moss Clay

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094753
MRDS ID DB02080
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Moss Clay
Related records 10299882

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99309, 41.47241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NW OF GROUSE CREEK JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 019W 26 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Analytical data

Result KAOLINITE 27 - 40

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99309, 41.47241
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 1463.04M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tecoma Or Jackson

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Interpace Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE MUCH LARGER.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DRILLED IN 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: INTERPACE LETTER TO UGMS

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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