| Deposit ID | 10009234 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001998 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Star Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Wilson |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24745, 38.52025 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1935 |
| Relative position | 5 MI. NNW OF MARYSVALE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Sevier |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 004W | 21 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Kaolin | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Natroalunite | Ore |
| Result | 6 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 23.3 % TO 97.8 % ALUNITE |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||||||
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| 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 |
| (1) | -112.24745, 38.52025 |
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| General form | SEVERAL LENSES |
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| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 36.58M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | E. G. Nelson |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Henry District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. G. Nelson |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.077HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001998 |
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 29 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 127 - 128 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 96 - 101 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 29 - 30 , 38 .
1936 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN - G. F. SEAGER: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 57 .
1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR, AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 .
WW1 DIREXPL E. G. NELSON: QUARRIES
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 127 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
| 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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