| Deposit ID | 10009254 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jacket Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.20911, 38.53469 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2057 |
| Relative position | 6.0 MI. NNE 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Sevier |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 004W | 14 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 2 ANALYSES SHOW 45.6 % AND 59.0 % 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) | Alluvium and colluvium |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Area Is On The West Limb Of A Broad Syncline Which Plunges Gently North. Area Is Also Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 76.2M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | Asarco |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| District name | Marysvale Region/Henry District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 19000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 19000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002023 |
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 107 , 129 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .
THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .
1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
WW1 DIREXPL ASARCO: TEST DATA
1943 DIREXPL USBM: TRENCHES, PITS
1945 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 15
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 3 MAIN AREAS, REFERRED TO AS BLOCKS A, B, AND C. |
| 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 |
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