Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsNatroalunite
GangueGypsum, Jarosite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureCallaghan ( 1938 ) States, "Alunite-Containing Beds Of Altered Volcanic Rocks Are Inclined Southward Against A Fault Trending West."
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10009235
MRDS IDD001999
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.50691, -112.27439
References
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 29 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 126 - 127 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 85 - 86 .KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , 212 P.THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 29 , 38 .1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN - V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 14WW1 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: TUNNEL1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 .