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Big Star

Past Producer in Sevier 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. 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 10088216
MRDS ID DB01163
Record type Site
Current site name Big Star
Related records 10129804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24717, 38.51997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF SAGE FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 21 T 26 S, R 4 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Natroalunite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitic

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) -112.24717, 38.51997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

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

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

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