Alunite Mineral

Occurrence 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093330
MRDS ID W001422
Record type Site
Current site name Alunite Mineral

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6754, 39.32516 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manti(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6754, 39.32516

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1971, COLORADO CENTRAL PLANS ALUMINUM PRODUCTION FROM ALUNITE: ENG. AND MINING JOUR., V. 172, NO. 11, P. 172

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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