| Deposit ID | 10088078 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00537 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 490310123 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | Sevier Plateau |
| Current site name | Marysvale Peak |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.09778, 38.48528 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3292 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 5 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLE SPRING LAKE ON MARYSVALE PEAK. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 02,03,10,11 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Kaolin | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Result | 4 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 31% TO 66% ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN STATES, "EXCESSIVE ALUMINA POINTS TO A HIGH CONTENT OF KAOLINITE SO THE ALTERED ROCK IS CONSIDERED A MIXTURE OF ALUNITE, KAOLINITE, AND SILICA. THE LOW CONTENT OF IRON IS NOTABLE.. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Approximate (1) | -112.09778, 38.48528 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 518.16M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| General form | irregular |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 30.48 |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 404.8M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | W. Outzen |
| Production years | none |
| District name | Sevier Plateau Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Delaney |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00537 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 490310123 | = 10226826, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002009 | =10009242, merged and deleted. |
CALLAGHAN, 1973
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 111 - 114. [fig. 67 map is by M.E. Willard and P.D. Proctor, 1942]
TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 131.
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 32, 38.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Comments copied from deleted record 10009242 (D002009): Commodity: PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES Deposit: Discovery Year: WW1 Development: IDLE SINCE 1942 Location: ORE BODIES LOCATED AROUND PERIMETER OF MARYSVALE PEAK FROM ABOUT 10540 FT TO SUMMIT. Reserve-Resource: THOENEN (1941) QUOTES CALLAGHAN UNPUB RESOURCE ESTIMATE Workings: WILLARD & PROCTOR MAP SHOWS FEW SMALL PITS [note that this is fig. 67 in Callaghan, 1973] Deposit: WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: PITS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1978-09-01 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Reporter | 1975-01-01 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | 10009242 = D002009 |
| Updater | 1978-08-01 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey | 10009242 = D002009 |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey | 10226826 = DB00537 and 0490310123. |
| Updater | 2010-10-28 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10009242 = D002009 and 10226826 = DB0537 and 0490310123 |
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