Mine detail: Marys Lamb Deposit

Previously called 'Vera CruzSanta CruzSanta KruzeUtah Potash Co.St. Francis.'

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.52608, -112.20578
dep_id: 10009252
mrds_id: D002020
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Alunite
gangue: Illite, Kaolinite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1914
disc_yr: 1915
discr: E. G. Nelson
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 103 - 104 .
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 81 , 181 .
  • Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 31 .
  • Deposit:: 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
  • Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL UTAH POTASH CO.: TEST
  • Deposit:: 1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , PL. 15 .
  • Production:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 .
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