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North Thorpe Hills Mine

Past Producer in Utah 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012149
MRDS ID D007591
Record type Site
Current site name North Thorpe Hills Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15913, 40.23216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 5600 FT. E. OF FIVEMILE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 007S 003W 03,10,11 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. 3 LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Formation
    Rock description Manning Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15913, 40.23216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Osceola District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.059HA
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 35M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, THREE SHAFTS AND TWO PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS QUADS.: U.S.G.S. MAP MF-131.

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964. REFRACTORY CLAY DEP. OF UTAH: U.S.B.M. IC - 8213.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956. CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL 55.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E., 195

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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