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Crystal Fraction

Occurrence in Piute 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 10009250
MRDS ID D002018
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30689, 38.35441 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 7.8 MI SW OF MARYSVALE

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 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • N BANK COTTONWOOD CREEK, JUST N OF THE CRYSTAL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30689, 38.35441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form THIN, TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADIT DRIVEN ALONG ALUNITE VEIN "THAT REACHED AND PENETRATED RED SHALE."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer J. Burns (?)

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. Burns (?)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA; VEIN PRESUMABLY SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY KNOWN TUNNEL REPORTED IN 1938 TO BE CAVED IN. DIRECTION AT THE PORTAL IS N 55 W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 123

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D

  • Deposit

    WW1 DIREXPL J. BURNS: ADIT

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-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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