| Deposit ID | 10009249 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Close In Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.26328, 38.39775 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2073 |
| Relative position | 4.0 MI SW 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 | 028S | 004W | 01 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Result | ANALYSES OF 8 SAMPLES RANGE FROM 23.8 % TO 95.5 % ALUNITE. IRON RANGES FROM 1 % TO 6 %. SILICA RANGES FROM 30 % TO 60 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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) | -112.26328, 38.39775 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 36.58M |
| Length | 274.32M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | M. Krotki |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. Krotki |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.001HA |
| Length | 1118.62M |
| Overall length | 9.14M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002017 |
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 87 , 89
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH, USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 123 - 124
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 89
HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 13 - 14
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 27 - 28
1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 50
1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA
1942 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS & SHAFT
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 87
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) NOTES THE PRESENCE OF SEVERAL BODIES OF ALUNITIC MATERIAL OF GREATLY VARYING ALUNITE CONTENT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
| 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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