L and N Deposit

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015700
MRDS ID DB01840
Record type Site
Current site name L and N Deposit
Related records 10130480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34495, 38.37969 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF MUD LAKE AND 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST MT. BRIGHAM

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

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 17

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34495, 38.37969

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 85 DEG SW
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, ONE OPEN AND ONE CAVED, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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