Aetna Peak Mine

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015213
MRDS ID DB00503
Record type Site
Current site name Aetna Peak Mine
Related records 10227209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33245, 38.38303 (WGS84)
Elevation 3523
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST BY SOUTHEAST OF MT. BRIGHAM ON AETNA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(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 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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 > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33245, 38.38303

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 75 - 79

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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