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Hurricane Cliffs Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Washington 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095636
MRDS ID M058735
Record type Site
Current site name Hurricane Cliffs Clay Deposit
Related records 10055116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22052, 37.4497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 13,100 FEET S 30 E FROM THE FORT HARMONY MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kolob Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 32 SW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22052, 37.4497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordillern Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hurricane Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hurricane Cliffs Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING 60 FEET LONG WITH TWO SHORT CROSSCUTS DRIVEN OFF THE SOUTH SIDE.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WAS EXAMINED IN THE EARLY 1960'S BY J.N. VAN SANT, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY-CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8213, 176 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VAN SANT STATES THAT THE HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT IS HETEROGENEOUS AND CHANGES IN QUALITY AND CHARACTER ABRUPTLY WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. CLAYS FORM A MATRIX FOR LARGE BOULDERS AND FORMS VEINLETS. BRECCIATED AND ALTERED ROCKS HOST THE VEINLETS. IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE HOSTS. TWO TYPES OF MATERIALS OCCUR, A HIGH-DUTY REFRACTORY CLAY AND ALUNITE-RICH MATERIAL. THE TWO MATERIALS ARE CLOSELY MIXED. NO LARGE BODIES OF UNIFORMLY ALTERED ROCK OCCUR, INDICATING THAT PROSPECT IS PROBABLY NOT COMMERCIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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