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Aluminum Bar

Occurrence in Piute 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088065
MRDS ID DB00504
Record type Site
Current site name Aluminum Bar
Alternate or previous names Alcap
Related records 10227314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10021, 38.47691 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF BARNEY LAKE AT THE HEAD OF SMITH CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale 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 027S 02W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC: 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES RANGE 38 TO 53 PERCENT ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10021, 38.47691
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 457.2M
    Width 335.28M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Hudson

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CALLAHAN, E., 1973

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 114 - 11

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS BULL. 10

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE MANY SMALL OUTCROPS BUT LITTLE EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Deposit THE ROCK IS THOUROUGHLY ALTERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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