| Deposit ID | 10012733 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008580 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunshinie Canyon Mine #2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.1819, 39.79995 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 4,900 FT N5E FROM SUNSHINE TOWNSITE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McIntyre(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006S | 003W | 21 | SE OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Clay | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Sericite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Manning Canyon Shale | ||
| Rock description | Manning Canyon Shale | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.1819, 39.79995 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissure, Fractures, Faults And Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25W |
| Dip | 55NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mercur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.009HA |
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008580 |
VAN SANT, JOEL, H., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
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.
MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLAY SHALE IS GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, PLASCIT, IRON-STAINED, SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS, KAOLIMITIC, CALCAREOUS, AND SILICEOUS. CLAY SHALES ARE HIGHLY PULVERIZED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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