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Elsinore Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101496
MRDS ID D003954
Record type Site
Current site name Elsinore Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14745, 38.7144 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elsinore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003W 024S 17 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillaceous

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14745, 38.7144
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pavant Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TESTS DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMON AND GLAZED BRICK CAN PROBABLY BE MADE FROM THE CLAY AS WELL AS MANY HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS. A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE HERE AND AT OTHER LOCALITIES ALONG THE BASE OF THE PAVANT RANGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J. N., 1964 , US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY MINED HAS BEEN USED TO ROOF LARGE POTATO CELLARS AND TURKEY SHEDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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