South Manila Shale Deposit Pits

Producer in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodities Bentonite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087317
MRDS ID D006252
Record type Site
Current site name South Manila Shale Deposit Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71267, 40.95801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2 MILES S OF MANILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manila(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 020E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 DEPOSIT EXTENDS E-W ACROSS QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POZZOLANIC ADMIXTURES IN CONCRETE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mowry Shale
    Rock description Mowry Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Morrison Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Strike N77E
    Dip 18N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 36.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manila Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.134HA
    Overall length 55M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 2 PITS EACH WITH THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 23 FT. BELOW TOP OF MOWRY SHALE. ANOTHER 2 1/2-FOOT BENTONITE BED 3 1/2 FT BELOW TOP WAS NOTED IN NE 27-3N-22E; BENTONITE BEDS HAVE NOT BEEN CHECKED FOR CONTINUITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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