Mine detail: Pittsburgh Deposit

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Location:	Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.50691, -112.27439
dep_id:	10009235
mrds_id:	D001999
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum, Potassium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Natroalunite
gangue:	Gypsum, Jarosite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Callaghan ( 1938 ) States, Alunite-Containing Beds Of Altered Volcanic Rocks Are Inclined Southward Against A Fault Trending West."
disc_yr:	1915
References:	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 .