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Big Chief Deposit

Occurrence in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009233
MRDS ID D001997
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21884, 38.53386 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 5.8 MI. N OF MARYSVALE

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 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CREST OF ANTELOPE RANGE; BENEATH THE IRON CAP IRON AND MANGANESE MINE ON TWIN PEAKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Natroalunite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO ANALYSES GIVE 64.0 % AND 83.8 % ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21884, 38.53386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 24.38M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer E. G. Nelson

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region/Henry District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. G. Nelson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ESTIMATE MADE OF RESOURCES. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 , P. 101 ) SUGGESTS "CONSIDERABLE LOW-GRADE ALUNITIC ALTERED ROCK"

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS DRIVEN DURING WW1 . CALLAGHAN ( 1973 , P. 102 ) SHOWS SEVERAL QUARRIES ON HIS MAP OF THIS DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 128 - 129 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 .

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D

  • Deposit

    WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WW1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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