| Deposit ID | 10009243 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aluminum Queen Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11271, 38.4633 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2926 |
| Relative position | 6.5 MI. E OF MARYSVALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marysvale 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 2W | 015 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Result | 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 3 % TO 45 % ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE 45 % ALUNITE BUT MOST MATERIAL SERICITIC, LOW GRADE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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) | -112.11271, 38.4633 |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | E. Delaney |
| District name | Marysvale Region |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Delaney |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002010 |
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 115
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 114
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 34
1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 68
WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: QUARRY
1940 RECON USBM R.I. 3561
| 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.