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Burriston Claim

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012841
MRDS ID D008807
Record type Site
Current site name Burriston Claim
Related records 10179326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87911, 39.91189 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 13000 FT S25E OF GOSHEN ATHLETIC FIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 010S 001W 25 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ECONOMIC VALUE BECAUSE THIN AND CONTAMINATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOFT, PLASTIC AND NONCALCAREOUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Ignimbrite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug
    Rock description Humbug

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87911, 39.91189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 75S.
    Length 60.96M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goshen

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burriston, Ray And Floyd

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAY MINED FROM FOOTWALL OF DIKE FOR 20 FT DOWN DIP AND 40 FT. ALONG STRIKE, OVERBURDEN REMOVED FROM ALONG STRIKE FOR 100 TO 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIR. 8213.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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