Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Potassium
TertiaryKaolin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlAlteration Areas Controlled By Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Kaolinite
GangueDickite
Geology
Host rockLatite · Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Associated rockLatite
StructureDeposit Is 4000 Ft West Of The Sevier Fault
AlterationLatite Tuff And Breccia Has Been Alunitized, Silicified, And Kaolinized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10009247
MRDS IDD002015
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.48553, -112.16134
References
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 96CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 - 131CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 - 96HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 15 - 17THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 321915 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS1938 GEOLMAP V. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 551943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 551944 DIREXPL USBM: R. I. 3972