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Al Kee Mee

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015735
MRDS ID DB01891
Record type Site
Current site name Al Kee Mee
Related records 10130382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17661, 38.52608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF POVERTY FLAT RANCH

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 003W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Natroalunite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitic

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES SHOW 39.9 TO 90.5 PERCENT ALUNITE - SILICA RANGES FROM 4.38 TO 38.14

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17661, 38.52608
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera And Central Intrusive

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHOWS EXCESS SILICA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 10.06M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND ONE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, 1973

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY AND ADJOINING AREAS: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULLETIN 102

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS BULL 10

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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