Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53497, -112.20911

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum
Tertiary:	Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Alunite
Gangue:	Clay, Gypsum, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	The Area Is Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults Trending N 60 W, Dip 80 Sw - 60 Ne.
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration

References

MRDS	M057695
DEP	10041852
Reference	{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 129 .}{Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPL. OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS: USBM REPT INV. 3972 , P. 11 - 12 , 41 - 51 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F. AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 180 .}{Deposit:: 5) CALLAGHAN, E., AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .}{Reserve-Resource:: CALLAGHAN, 1973}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)