| Deposit ID | 10009235 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001999 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pittsburgh Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.27439, 38.50691 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4.7 MI. NW OF MARYSVALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marysvale Canyon(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
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 004W | 29,30 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Natroalunite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 22.0 % TO 70.5 % ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| (1) | -112.27439, 38.50691 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Callaghan ( 1938 ) States, "Alunite-Containing Beds Of Altered Volcanic Rocks Are Inclined Southward Against A Fault Trending West." |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Gold Mt. District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pittsburgh - Utah Potash Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 12.19M |
| Overall length | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001999 |
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 29 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 126 - 127 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 85 - 86 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 29 , 38 .
1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN - V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 14
WW1 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: TUNNEL
1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
| Deposit | CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) SAYS, "SOME HIGH-GRADE NATROALUNITE AND ALUNITE IS RESTRICTED TO VEIN-LIKE LENSES 10 FT OR LESS IN WIDTH AND OF LIMITED CONTINUITY." |
| 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 |
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