| Deposit ID | 10009237 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Al Kee Mee Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.17439, 38.52775 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1993 |
| Relative position | 6.3 MI. NE 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 | 003W | 19 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Natroalunite | Ore |
| Result | 2 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 39.9 % TO 90.5 % ALUNITE |
|---|
| 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) | -112.17439, 38.52775 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Henry District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 10.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002003 |
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 106 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 33 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 102, P. 104.
THOENEN, J.R., 1941, ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3561, P. 33.
1918 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: QUARRY
1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 61 .
1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64
| 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-AUG-1978 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.