Description
Aluminum Potash Co. Of America
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Potassium
TertiaryCopper, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR , VERTICAL PLUGS WITH FLAT BASES
Ore controlBrecciation And Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Chalcopyrite, Torbernite
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockLatite · Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Associated rockLatite
StructureCallaghan ( 1973 ) Say The Locality Is In Line With The Tushar Fault.
AlterationAlunitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1918
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10101420
MRDS IDD002001
Alternate namesCopper Butte Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.49441, -112.29272
References
SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 28 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 125 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 83 - 85 .HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM R. I. 3972 , P. 10 .THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 28 , 38 .KERR, P.F., AND OTHERS, 1957, MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 64, 166-168.1918 DIREXPL AL. POTASH CO. OF AM.: PROD1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D1940 DIREXPL USBM R. I. 35611942 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 49 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 83 .