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Earth Science Alunite Deposit

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010707
MRDS ID D004611
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Science Alunite Deposit
Related records 10227548

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52498, 38.27552 (WGS84)
Elevation 2293
Relative position THE RIDGE SE OF DRY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 15,22,21,28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Carbonates, Fish Haven Dolo;Eureka Qtzite
    Rock description Carbonates, Fish Haven Dolo;Eureka Qtzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 304.8M
    Length 4876.8M
    Width 3048M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Earth Sciences

Mining district

District name Blawn Mtn

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earth Science Labs

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION COULD BE 500,000 TONS PER YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKINSON, GERALD, 1974, ARTICLE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, P. 75-78

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA=25 SQ. MILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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