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L and N Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009251
MRDS ID D002019
Record type Site
Current site name L and N Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34467, 38.38053 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Relative position 7.8 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

Mount Brigham(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 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • W FLANK OF ALUNITE RIDGE. SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE SADDLE ON THE DRAINAGE DIVIDE BETWEEN COTTONWOOD CREEK AND PINE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Dickite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification, Alunitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34467, 38.38053
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Callaghan ( 1938 ) Mentions A Displacement Of Over 150 Ft Along The Zone Of Altered Rock Which Evidently Follows A Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Florence Mining & Milling Co.

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Florence Mining And Milling Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Alunite 75 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 = ORE IN HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATTER. THOENEN ( 1941 ) ESTIMATES 160000 ST OF 75 % ALUNITE ORE
  • NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST; WALLROCK WEAKLY, SPORADICALLY ALUNITIZED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • HILD ( 1946 ) REPORTS A SHORT FORKED TUNNEL, SMALL QUARRY, 3 PITS, AND 1200 FT OF TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORKS MADE IN WW1; PROPERTY IDLE SINCE WW2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 122 - 123

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 78 , 80 .

  • Deposit

    HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 8 - 9 .

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237-270.

  • Deposit

    1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620 - K

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB

  • Deposit

    WW1 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: ADITS

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON G. L. BELL: MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF THE ALTERED ROCK IS SOFT AND ARGILLIC

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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