Marys Lamb Deposit

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009252
MRDS ID D002020
Record type Site
Current site name Marys Lamb Deposit
Alternate or previous names Vera Cruz, Santa Cruz, Santa Kruze, Utah Potash Co., St. Francis.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20578, 38.52608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 5.4 MI. NNE 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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF ANTELOPE RANGE, NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF 2 GULLIES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Illite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 31 % TO 33 % ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer E. G. Nelson
Year of first production 1914

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 production information

  • UNKNOWN BUT SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED TO NEW JERSEY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1941
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Alunite 33 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1941

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST BUT POSSIBLY "CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE" OF LOW - GRADE ROCK

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • THOENEN ( 1941 ) REPORTS WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 QUARRIES AND A 200 FT ADIT. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS SEVERAL PITS AND 2 QUARRIES, ONE OF WHICH IS 120 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SMALL LEACHING PLANT BY UTAH POTASH CO. IN WW1; IDLE SINCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.