Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Prospect

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.53497, -112.20911
dep_id: 10041852
mrds_id: M057695
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Alunite
gangue: Clay, Gypsum, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
alteration: Argillic Alteration
Reporter: Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: The Area Is Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults Trending N 60 W, Dip 80 Sw - 60 Ne.
References:
  • 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
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