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Mineral Products Mine

Past Producer in Piute 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088079
MRDS ID DB00539
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Products Mine
Related records 10154782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31828, 38.36747 (WGS84)
Elevation 3084
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MT. BRIGHAM ON ALUNITE RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delano 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    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)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31828, 38.36747
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 85.34M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 19.81M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 85.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VOLCANIC BRECCIA HAS UNDERGONE INTENSE SILICIFICATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1915 TO 1920 250,000 TONS OF ALUNITE WAS SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 182.88M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS; THE UPPER ADIT CONTAINS 3600 FT. OF DRIFT AND THE LOWER ADIT IS 1400 FT. THE REMAINDER OF WORKINGS ARE NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND SHALLOW PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P 67 - 71

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY FIRST WORKED FROM 1915 TO 1920

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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