Mine detail: Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37303, -112.3205

Resource(B)

Primary: Potassium, Aluminum
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1911

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915

Geology

Host rock:Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Alteration processes:Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization

References

MRDSD002012
DEP10009245
Reference{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 118 - 121}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67 - 75}{Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 5 - 8}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 21 - 26 , 38}{Deposit:: 1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511}{Deposit:: WW2 DIREXPL USBM: PUB}{Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL MINERAL PRODS. CO.: PROD.}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: DATA}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., AND GALE, H. S., 1912 , ALUNITE - A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: USGS BULL. 511 , 64 P. LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1915 , RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620-K, P. 237 - 270}{Production:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67}
ReporterHall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.