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Big Chief

Occurrence in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095580
MRDS ID M057689
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21856, 38.53358 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Relative position ON THE WEST SLOPE OF TWIN PEAKS

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 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Natroalunite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES OF A WHITE STREAK 1 - 4 INCH THICK CONTAIN 33.01 % AL2O3 , 3.29 % K2O , 3.4 % NA2O , 24.71 % SO3 , 12.21 % H2O , 7.86 % SILICA, 10.37 % FE2O3 , 3.8 % TIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21856, 38.53358
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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 AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 101 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ - 155 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 128 - 129 .

Reporter information

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

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