Mine detail: Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits

Previously called 'Aetna Peak Also Known As Edna Peak'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37914, -112.33134

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum, Potassium
Ore: Alunite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host rock:Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Alteration processes:Silicification, Alunitization

References

MRDSD002022
DEP10101421
Reference{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 121 - 122 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 75 - 79 .}{Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 9 - 10 .}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND GALE, H.S., 1912, ALUNITE, A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 511, 64 P.}{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEPOSITS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237 - 270.}{Deposit:: 1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511 .}{Deposit:: 1914 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: PROD}{Deposit:: 1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620-K.}{Deposit:: WW2 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: MAPS}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM: DATA}{Production:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 121 .}
ReporterHall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.