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Potash Butte

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041850
MRDS ID M057692
Record type Site
Current site name Potash Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20884, 38.52747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 0.6 MILES SE OF BM 7514

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 004W 22,23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS AND A LARGE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 129 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 103 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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