Allred Clay Pit

Past Producer 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. 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 10041993
MRDS ID M058115
Record type Site
Current site name Allred Clay Pit
Related records 10130325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95662, 40.39272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 10,600 FEET S 42 E OF CEDAR POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

Military Reservation(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 001W 09 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95662, 40.39272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rush Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Interstate Brick Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Aaron Allred

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.562HA
    Overall length 112M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on development

  • PIT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED RECENTLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYATT, EDMOND, P., 1956, CLAY OF UTAH CO., UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 55

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFO. CIR. 8213

  • Deposit

    PITCHER, G.G, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS QUAD.: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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