Mine detail: Pittsburgh Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.50691, -112.27439

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum, Potassium
Ore:	Natroalunite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Jarosite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Callaghan ( 1938 ) States, Alunite-Containing Beds Of Altered Volcanic Rocks Are Inclined Southward Against A Fault Trending West."

References

MRDS	D001999
DEP	10009235
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 29 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 126 - 127 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 85 - 86 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , 212 P.}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 29 , 38 .}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN - V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 14}{Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: TUNNEL}{Deposit:: 1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 .}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.