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Bakers Spur

Past Producer in Box Elder 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015668
MRDS ID DB01756
Record type Site
Current site name Bakers Spur
Related records 10226957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06414, 41.56243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1288
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES NORTH OF CORINNE HIGHWAY-INTERSTATE 15 INTERCHANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 002W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Marl Ore

Analytical data

Result MARL 1 - 3 PERCENT MGO, 40 - 46 PERCENT CAO, 7 - 12 PERCENT SIO2, 1 - 3 1/2 PERCENT AL2O3
Result CLAY 48 - 50 PERCENT SIO2 , 16.5 - 18.6 PERCENT AL2O3, ABOUT 7.6 PERCENT CAO, 2.5 PRT MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06414, 41.56243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 5.49M
    Depth to top 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brigham City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ogden Portland Cement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • RUN OF PLANT AND PITS ATTEST TO PRODUCTION OF CLAY

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS 4000 FT X 600 FEET, NOW FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ECKEL, 1913

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E. C., 1913 , PORTLAND CEMENT MATERIALS AND INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 522 , P. 348 - 349

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON ECKEL, USGS BULL. 522 , P. 348 - 34

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIGURES FOR CLAY; MARL IS AT SURFACE 4 - 10 FT. DEEP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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