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Shuler Spring Clay Deposit

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012830
MRDS ID D008788
Record type Site
Current site name Shuler Spring Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69161, 40.00745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3050 FT. S73E OF TITHING MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 009S 002E 27 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO DISCRETE POINT WITHIN DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY IMPURE

Analytical data

Result AT CONE 04 ORANGE PINK WITH NO SHRINKAGE AND HIGH POROSITY, FUSED AT CONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69161, 40.00745
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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 Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Payson Canyon Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UTAH, UGMS BULL. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ALTERED SOIL HORIZON WHICH PROBABLY PREDATES LAKE BONNEVILLE

Reporter information

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

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