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White Clay Pit

Producer in Box Elder 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011096
MRDS ID D005315
Record type Site
Current site name White Clay Pit
Related records 10178730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84114, 41.5202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF MUD BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Pass Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 017W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER E 1/2 OF NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SLOW FIRING TESTS MADE, NOT SUITABLE FOR STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84114, 41.5202
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 365.76M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Interstate Brick Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1978, PERHAPS SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.047HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: TUSCALOOSA METALLURGY RESEARCH CTR. 1978

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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