Mine detail: Potash Butte Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.52941, -112.21272

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Potassium, Aluminum
Ore: Alunite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration

References

MRDSD002000
DEP10094252
Reference{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}
ReporterHall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.