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Radford Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Weber 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098488
MRDS ID M058197
Record type Site
Current site name Radford Clay Deposit
Related records 10300794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.82108, 41.26521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 5000 FT, NORTH 86, WEST, OF HUNTSVILLE CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 001E 10 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE FOR BRICK AND OTHER CLAY PRODUCTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.82108, 41.26521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ogden Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW PITS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ALONG RESERVOIR BANK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY-CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8213

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1978, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF LAKE SEDIMENTS OVERLAIN BY ALLUVIUM SEDIMENTS ARE INTERBEDDED, INTERTONGUED, AND LENTICULAR BODIES OF CLAY CONTAINING SAND, GRAVEL, ROCK, PLASTIC CLAY AND CLAY WITH SILT
Deposit SMALL SCALE MINING HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT WITH ANNUAL PRODUCTION FROM A FEW HUNDRED TONS TO SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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