Mayfield Kaolinite Deposit

Past Producer in Sanpete 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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088248
MRDS ID DB01356
Record type Site
Current site name Mayfield Kaolinite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67077, 39.13774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2018
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SE NINEMILE RES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 002E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Green River
    Rock description Green River

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67077, 39.13774

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Plateau

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS: 10 FT; 60 FT; 120 FT IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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