Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Deposit

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Location:	Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.53469, -112.20911
dep_id:	10009254
mrds_id:	D002023
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum
Trace mineral:	Potassium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Alunite
gangue:	Anhydrite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
alteration:	Silicification, Alunitization, Argillation
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type:	Latite
arock_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.
Year first produced:	1914
disc_yr:	1915
discr:	Asarco
References:	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