Close In

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015218
MRDS ID DB00515
Record type Site
Current site name Close In
Related records 10276752

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26356, 38.39803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF HENNESSY POINT 1 3/4 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON.

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 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26356, 38.39803

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Land Slide

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 70.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASICALLY A TALUS DEPOSIT FROM VEIN MATERIAL HIGHER ON THE MOUNTAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NINE ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES REPT. INV. 3561 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 89

  • Production

    E. CALLAGHAN, 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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