| Deposit ID | 10055119 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00089 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Modena Alunite Vein |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.94471, 37.8108 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 7,100 FT N59W OF MODENA WATER TANK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Modena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 034S | 019W | 35 | NW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Result | ROCK CONTAINS UP TO 30% ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rhyolite Flow Member Of The Steamboat Mountain Formation; | ||||
| Rock description | Rhyolite Flow Member Of The Steamboat Mountain Formation; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -113.94471, 37.8108 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Modena District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00089 |
BEST, M.G., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AREA BETWEEN HAMLIN VALLEY AND ESCALANTE DESERT, IRON CO., UTAH: USGS OFR-84-152, SCALE 1:50,000.
HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PA. 1076-A, 35P.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1990 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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