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Smoot Clay Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015333
MRDS ID DB00758
Record type Site
Current site name Smoot Clay Mine
Related records 10226821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06605, 38.16525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 2 MILES WEST FROM INTERSECTION OF UTAH HIGHWAYS 62 & 22

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 02W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 25 T 30 S R 2 1/2 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06605, 38.16525
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH QUALITY KAOLINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kingston Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. Smoot

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE VERTICAL TRENCH, 20 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 2516 SELECT SAMPLE

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L., 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MOSTLY MINED OUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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