Smoot Clay Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226821
MRDS ID DB00758
MAS/MILS ID 0490310069
Record type Site
Current site name Smoot Clay Mine
Related records 10015333

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.06607, 38.16527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030 S 002 W 25 SESWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.06607, 38.16527

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. Smoot
    Interest 100
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES 1978 CRIB 31 PHONOLITE HILL 7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.