Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53469, -112.20911

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum
Tertiary:	Potassium
Ore:	Alunite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1914

Geology

Host rock:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:	Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Area Is On The West Limb Of A Broad Syncline Which Plunges Gently North. Area Is Also Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Alunitization, Argillation

References

MRDS	D002023
DEP	10009254
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 107 , 129 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 180 .}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .}{Deposit:: 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D}{Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL ASARCO: TEST DATA}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM: TRENCHES, PITS}{Deposit:: 1945 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 15}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.