Powell Pit

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Brick Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108905
MRDS ID DC15646
Record type Site
Current site name Powell Pit
Alternate or previous names Interstate Pits 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.92968, 40.32883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 6,800 FT S70W OF MURDOCK PUMPING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saratoga Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 001W 03 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore

Analytical data

Result CLAY P.C.E. RANGES FROM 15 TO 31 BUT AVERAGES 16 TO 17

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.92968, 40.32883

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N37W
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Saratoga Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Interstate Brick Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7.745HA
    Overall length 1347.22M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT-3900 FT BY 200 FT BY 80 FT MAXIMUM DEPTH, NE PIT 700 FT BY 100 FT, WEST PROSPECT 225 FT BY 150 FT BY 20 FT MAXIMUM DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UT.: UGMS BULL. 55, P. 15-27.

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 54-57.

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, G.V., 1971, THE ORIGIN OF PYROPHYLLITE-RECTORITE IN SHALES OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 34, 46P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35, 33P.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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