Chamberlain Blueburd No. 2 Pit

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012712
MRDS ID D008553
Record type Site
Current site name Chamberlain Blueburd No. 2 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1608, 40.263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 13000 FT S6E OF MANNING TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 27 SE 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

  • FIRING TESTS SHOWED THE CLAY HAS A P.C.E. OF LESS THAN 20

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Sericite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures And Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAY SHALES ARE HIGHLY SQUEEZED AND CONTORTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercur

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.092HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.

  • Production

    VAN SANT, JOEL N., 1964, P. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO DARK GRAY CLAYS, HORIZONTALLY BEDDED, CONTAINING THIN INTER-BEDDED SEAMS OF RED AND YELLOW IRON-OXIDE. A LARGE QUANTITY OF SHALES REMAINS IN RESERVES. FIGURES ARE UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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