| Deposit ID | 10101420 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Winkelman Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Butte Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.29272, 38.49441 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 4.7 MI. NW OF MARYSVALE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 004W | 03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Result | 8 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 40.7 % TO 94.5 % ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
| (1) | Alluvium and colluvium |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Callaghan ( 1973 ) Say The Locality Is In Line With The Tushar Fault. |
| General form | IRREGULAR , VERTICAL PLUGS WITH FLAT BASES |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 20 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 76.2M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | Aluminum Potash Co. Of America |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Gold Mtn. District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Aluminum Potash Co. Of America |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 25.91M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002001 |
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 28 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 125 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 83 - 85 .
HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM R. I. 3972 , P. 10 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 28 , 38 .
1918 DIREXPL AL. POTASH CO. OF AM.: PROD
1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
1940 DIREXPL USBM R. I. 3561
1942 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 49 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 83 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
| Deposit | SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA GIVEN IS FOR ALUNITE BODY ONLY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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