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Don Chamberlain Clay

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021325
MRDS ID DC15649
Record type Site
Current site name Don Chamberlain Clay
Alternate or previous names Bluebird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14413, 40.25883 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD, WELLS CANYON

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES BLUEBIRD NO. 1 AND NO. 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLUEBIRD NO. 2 ONLY WORTHWHILE CLAIM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Much Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N E
    Dip 0-20 NE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIGHT TO DARK GRAY CLAY WITH THIN SEAMS OF IRON OXIDE.

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, 03-31-1971

Reporter information

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

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

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