The Aluminum Queen Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 9,600 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.46333, -112.11194
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Aluminum Queen Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aluminum Queen Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Delaney
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 3 % TO 45 % ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE 45 % ALUNITE BUT MOST MATERIAL SERICITIC, LOW GRADE
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Location): RIDGE W OF SMITH CANYON. ALTERED AREA IN FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST BUT A SMALL PART MAY RUN OVER INTO SECTION 16 WHICH IS STATE LAND
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THOENEN (1941) QUOTES UNPUB CALLAGHAN RESERVE ESTIMATE
Comment (Development): PROSPECT APPARENTLY IDLE SINCE 1936
Comment (Workings): CALLAGHAN (1973) MENTIONS ONE QUARRY, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TWO SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 115
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 114
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 34
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 68
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: QUARRY
Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON USBM R.I. 3561
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