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Ellis Clay Pit

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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012762
MRDS ID D008655
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.71717, 40.36744 (WGS84)
Elevation 148
Relative position 6400 FT. N 74 E OF PLEASANT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 002E 21 SE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNFIRED COLOR: TANNISH BROWN WITH YELLOW AND BROWN STREAKS, CONE 04: LIGHT BROWN COLOR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Recent Sediments
    Rock description Recent Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.71717, 40.36744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Martell Ellis

Mining district

District name Pleasant Grove Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA
    Overall length 50.29M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on development

  • BRICK YARD OPERATED IN 1950 AT CLAY PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECENT LAKE AND STREAM DEPOSIT; TEXTURALLY MATERIAL IS A SILTY CLAY TO A SHALY SILT STONE WITH ROUNDED QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES AND GRANULES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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