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Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Potassium, Aluminum
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009245
MRDS ID D002012
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3205, 38.37303 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position 7.2 MI SW OF MARYSVALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delano Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALUNITE RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3205, 38.37303
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 19.81M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALUNITE VEINS IN SLIGHTLY ALUNITIZED HOST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Florence Mining And Milling Co.
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mineral Products Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 250,000 S. T. PROD 1915 - 1920; PROCESS MILL AT ALUNITE CAMP

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Alunite 89 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CALLAGHAN (1973) STATES THAT MORE THAN TWO MILLION TONS OF ALUNITE WERE DEPOSITED, INCLUDING ERODED PARTS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1615.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADIT LEVELS CONNECTED BY A 2-COMPARTMENT INCLINED WINZE. MAIN VEIN IS STOPED OUT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL FOR A LENGTH OF 1070 FT ACCORDING TO HILD ( 1946 ). LENGTH OF WORKINGS GIVEN ARE ONLY FOR THESE 2 LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE MANY SCATTERED ADITS, TUNNELS, AND PITS

Comments on development

  • THE USBM PLACED 13 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALING 6517 FT, BULLDOZER-EXCAVATED 5500 FT OF TRENCHES AND DUG 1370 FT OF SMALLER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 118 - 121

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67 - 75

  • Deposit

    HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 5 - 8

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 21 - 26 , 38

  • Deposit

    1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511

  • Deposit

    WW2 DIREXPL USBM: PUB

  • Deposit

    WW1 DIREXPL MINERAL PRODS. CO.: PROD.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: DATA

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., AND GALE, H. S., 1912 , ALUNITE - A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: USGS BULL. 511 , 64 P. LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1915 , RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620-K, P. 237 - 270

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THE MINERAL PRODUCTS MINE, THERE ARE 2 DISTINCT TRENDS TO THE VEIN SYSTEM. THE MAIN VEIN SYSTEM STRIKES N 25 DEG W AND DIPS FROM 85 DEG NE TO STEEPLY SW. THE WEST VEIN SYSTEM STRIKES N 60 DEG E AND DIPS 85 DEG NW. VEINS PINCH AND SWELL ALONG THE STRIKE RANGING FROM HAIRLINE FILLINGS TO LENSES 65 FT THICK. THE BRADBURN VEIN STRIKES N 25 DEG E AND DIPS 70 - 85 DEG SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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