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Utelite Clay Pit and Plant

Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011522
MRDS ID D006473
Record type Site
Current site name Utelite Clay Pit and Plant
Related records 10227576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40439, 40.7555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 13500 FT S OF WANSHIP DAM GAGIN STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanship(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 005E 08,05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS S 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOATING SHALE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Frontier Formation
    Rock description Frontier Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40439, 40.7555
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Immediately North Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N80E
    Dip 56N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREY SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wanship Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.695HA
    Overall length 396.24M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT ON HILLSIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SYLVIA, GOELTZ, N., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH; 1967; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURV., BULL. 84, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALE BLOATED AT PLANT NEAR MINE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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