Mine detail: Potash Butte Deposit

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.52941, -112.21272
dep_id: 10094252
mrds_id: D002000
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Potassium, Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Argillic Alteration
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
disc_yr: 1915
discr: W. Johnson
References:
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 129 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 103 .
  • Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 - 31 , 38 .
  • Deposit:: 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
  • Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL W. JOHNSON: PITS
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