Main Canyon Road Clay

Occurrence in Garfield 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. 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 10090982
MRDS ID DB01318
Record type Site
Current site name Main Canyon Road Clay
Related records 10300269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79159, 37.79081 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF CORN CREEK COAL MINE ALONG MAIN CANYON ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 001E 04 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result ATTERBURG WATER OF PLASTICITY 27.5
Result PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE 4.0
Result SMOOTH NOT STICKY
Result P. C. E., 19 - 20 .

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name John Henry Member-Straight Cliffs Formation
    Rock description John Henry Mbr-Straight Cliffs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.79159, 37.79081

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 3 DEG W
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Van Sant

Mining district

District name Kaiparowits Plateau Coal Field-Escalante

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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