Mine detail: Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit

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Location:	Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.37303, -112.3205
dep_id:	10009245
mrds_id:	D002012
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Potassium, Aluminum
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Alunite
gangue:	Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Year first produced:	1915
disc_yr:	1911
discr:	Florence Mining And Milling Co.
References:	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