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Lookout Pass Clay Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055139
MRDS ID RE00146
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Pass Clay Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56831, 40.11494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1881
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 22,800 FT N07E OF RED PINE MOUNTAIN, 8516 FT IN T09S, R07W, Est Within 1500 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 006W 18 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY THE BEST USE FOR THIS CLAY SHALE IS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS

Analytical data

Result TEST RESULTS - PLASTIC GREY CLAY: ATTERBERG WATER OF PLASTICITY 29.0, PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE 4.0, NO DRYING DEFECTS, WORKING QUALITY SMOOTH NOT STICKY. WHEN TESTED AT 1800 DEG F TO 2400 DEG F, THE TEST PIECE STARTED TO BLOAT AT 2300 DEG F, HOWEVER THE CLAY IS NOT SUITABLE FOR MAKING LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56831, 40.11494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Onaqui Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8213, 179P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DARK-GREY, NEARLY BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE IS PARTLY EXPOSED IN A GULLY THAT HEADS ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOOKOUT PASS ON THE VERNON-SIMPSON SPRING ROAD. THE DARK BEDS JUST SOUTH OF THE ROAD THAT PASSES BETWEEN THE ONAQUI AND SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS CAN BE EASILY SEEN. THE CLAY SHALES ARE SEVERAL TENS OF FEET THICK LOCALLY BUT THEIR ENTIRE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXTENTS ARE NOT KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-87 Mayes, Bea (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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