Mine detail: Mar* Lamb Mine

Previously called 'Vera Cruz'

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5258, -112.20495
dep_id: 10041849
mrds_id: M057691
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite
alteration: Argillic Alteration Containing Montmorillonite - Illite. More Intense Alteration Shows Montmorillonite - Illite Being Replaced By Alunite, Kaolinite, And Quartz.
Reporter: Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 103 - 104 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 130 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F. AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 131 .
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