Mine detail: Big Chief Deposit

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.53386, -112.21884
dep_id: 10009233
mrds_id: D001997
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Potassium, Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Natroalunite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
disc_yr: 1915
discr: E. G. Nelson
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 128 - 129 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 .
  • Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .
  • Deposit:: 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
  • Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS
  • Deposit:: 1975 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: UNPUB DATA
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