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Christmas - Sunshine

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015217
MRDS ID DB00514
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas - Sunshine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33439, 38.37803 (WGS84)
Elevation 3322
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF AETNA PEAK ON ALUNITE RIDGE

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 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 7

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) -112.33439, 38.37803
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 12000 TONS OF ALUNITE WAS MINED FROM THE WORKINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN UPPER AND A LOWER ADIT, BOTH CAVED, AND SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND 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

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