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J and L Deposit

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Kaolin
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009253
MRDS ID D002021
Record type Site
Current site name J and L Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2405, 38.50275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1960
Relative position 3.7 MI. N OF MARYSVALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR S EDGE OF SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary
Kaolin Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Dickite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 34.6 % TO 76.5 % ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2405, 38.50275
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 79.25M
    Width 79.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Fault Trending N 28 Deg. E And Dipping 85 Deg. Se Limits The Northwest Side Of The Deposit.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE LENS TERMINATED AT NW END BY FAULT; KAOLINITE ACCOMPANIES ALUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Aluminum Inc.
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region/Henry District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Aluminum Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 5000 ST TREATED AT MARYSVALE MILL, 1937 - 1940; ALSO 150 ST TESTED AT BOULDER CITY, NEV. PILOT PLANT IN 1945

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Measured 12000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 43 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1945
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Indicated 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 25 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1945

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO BASIS FOR EST OF RESOURCE BEYOND ABOVE RESERVE EST

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA
    Length 79.25M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 BY 50 FT. QUARRY AND A 260 FT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY IDLE SINCE EXPLORATORY DIAMOND DRILLING ( 6 HOLES TOTALING 1026 FT ), TRENCHING ( 700 FT ), AND SEVERAL TEST PITS DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 108 .

  • Deposit

    BAROCH, C. T., AND OTHERS, 1945 , ALUNITE, J AND L CLAIMS, MARYSVALE, UTAH, DEHYDRATION IN ROTARY KILN: USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 - 108 .

  • Deposit

    HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 14 - 15 .

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 33 .

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL ALUMINUM INC: ADIT

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 16 .

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 . BAROCH, C. T. AND OTHERS, 1945 , USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.

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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