| Deposit ID | 10009233 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001997 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Chief Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.21884, 38.53386 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | 5.8 MI. N OF MARYSVALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Sevier |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 004W | 15 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Natroalunite | Ore |
| Result | TWO ANALYSES GIVE 64.0 % AND 83.8 % ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| (1) | -112.21884, 38.53386 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | E. G. Nelson |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Henry District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. G. Nelson |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001997 |
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 128 - 129 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .
1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS
1975 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1978 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.