Mine detail: J and L Deposit

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.50275, -112.2405
dep_id: 10009253
mrds_id: D002021
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Potassium
Trace mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Alunite, Kaolinite
gangue: Dickite, Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: A Fault Trending N 28 Deg. E And Dipping 85 Deg. Se Limits The Northwest Side Of The Deposit.
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type: Latite
arock_type: Latite
Year first produced: 1937
disc_yr: 1935
discr: Aluminum Inc.
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 108 .
  • Deposit:: BAROCH, C. T., AND OTHERS, 1945 , ALUNITE, J AND L CLAIMS, MARYSVALE, UTAH, DEHYDRATION IN ROTARY KILN: USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 - 108 .
  • Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 14 - 15 .
  • Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 33 .
  • Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL ALUMINUM INC: ADIT
  • Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA
  • Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
  • Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 16 .
  • Production:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 . BAROCH, C. T. AND OTHERS, 1945 , USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.
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