Interstate Brick Clay Pit

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015374
MRDS ID DB00942
Record type Site
Current site name Interstate Brick Clay Pit
Related records 10155428

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.9791, 38.48303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 002W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC.: 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Dry Hollow Formation
    Rock description Dry Hollow Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.9791, 38.48303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Plateau

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 304.8M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Interstate Brick

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.257HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.