Black Diamond

Prospect in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021324
MRDS ID DC15648
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1608, 40.27911 (WGS84)
Relative position MANNING CANYON, WEST OF FAIRFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABANDONED BY 1956

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE REFERENCE FOR FIRING CHARACTERISTICS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1608, 40.27911

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 50-60 W
    Dip 20-30 NE
    Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREEN-GRAY TO BLACK, PLASTIC, IRON-STAINED CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT,J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8213.

  • Deposit

    HYATT,E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.,BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 04-13-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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