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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. 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 10088093
MRDS ID DB00575
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31495, 38.36469 (WGS84)
Elevation 2871
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES EAST BY NORTHEAST OF MT. HOLLY, 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE NORTH FORK OF COTTONWOOD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delano Peak(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 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Alunitization

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31495, 38.36469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC TUFF AND BRECCIA INTENSELY SILICIFIED.

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 National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, WHICH ARE CAVED, AND TWO PROSPECTS. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L. I. PERRY, 1978

Reporter information

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

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