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Murray Refractories Clay Pit

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102123
MRDS ID DC14656
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Refractories Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79162, 40.63355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 10,200 FT S34W OF MT. OLYMPUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 001E 24 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXPANDED WHEN FIRED TO 2400 DEGREES C, POSSIBLE USE AS LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Mica Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Formed Pyrophyllite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood
    Rock description Big Cottonwood
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.79162, 40.63355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 60NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Murray Refractories

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.211HA
    Overall length 256M
    Overall width 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT HIGHWALL ON QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 28-31.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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