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Utah Fire Clay Co. Mines

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087504
MRDS ID D007580
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Fire Clay Co. Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16441, 40.24494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 6000 FT. NE OF FIVEMILE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 007S 003W 03 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT
  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Great Blue Formation
    Rock description Great Blue Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16441, 40.24494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET/TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 25 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Osceola District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Fire Clay Co

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE BRINE

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, ORIGINALLY WORKED UNDERGROUND THROUGH SHAFTS BUT LATER WAS OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N. 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEP OF UTAH BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 8213

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1959. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY IN GEOL. OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 14.

  • Deposit

    HYATT, E.P., 1956. CLAYS OF UTAH CO., UT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 55

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP MF-131

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. MF-13

  • Production

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964. REFRACT. CLAY DEP. OF UTAH BU MINES I.C.-8213.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERBEDDED SHALE AND CLAY BEDS OVER LAIN BY DARK LIMESTONE
Deposit UNDERLIES MUCH OF QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE ARE EXPECTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

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