Nickel Claims

Occurrence 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 10021347
MRDS ID DC15702
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1733, 40.26883 (WGS84)
Relative position 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)

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
006S 003W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NON-COMMERCIAL AMOUNTS OF GOOD CLAY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1733, 40.26883

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 12 N
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK GRAY SHALE AND CLAY WITH REPLACEMENT ZONES OF LIGHT GRAY CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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