The Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits is a nickel, zinc, and clay mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,469 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,469 Feet (1,667 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel, Zinc, Clay
Lat, Long: 40.26306, -112.16528
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Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Clay
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Mercer
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extention
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fractures And Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Kaolinite
Ore: Sericite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SHALES ARE HIGHLY SQUEEZED. LIMESTONES ARE BRECCIATED AND ALTERED. SECONDARY SILICA AND CALCITE OCCUR ALONG WITH SMITHSONITE IN VUGS, CAVITIES AND VEINS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT KNOWN
Comment (Deposit): NICKEL MINERALS OCCURE AS VEINLETS OF BRIGHT GREEN MATERIAL IN A LIMONITIC MATRIX, AND ALSO AS A MASSIVE GREYISH GREEN SMITHSONITE IN LIMESTONES, EXPOSED IN A ROAD CUT OF 300 SQ FT AREA, NEAR THE CLAY PIT MINERLIZATION IS LOCALIZED TO FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): IN ADDITION TO CLAY PIT, SEVERAL OTHER SMALL PROSPECTING PITS AND TRENCHES ARE FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE NICKEL CONTENT OF SHALES AND LIMESTONES OF THIS AREA IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 0.1%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE KNOWN AVERAGE VALUES (0.001% AND 0.0089%, RESPECTIVELY). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): HYATT, E.R., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1958, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 14, UT GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M. BULL. 14, 262 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, B.J., 1959, NICKEL-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF.CIRC. 8213
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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