The Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 feet.
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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: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.37306, -112.31972
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Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Products - Bradburn Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral Products Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1911
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Alunite Ridge, Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CALLAGHAN (1973) STATES THAT MORE THAN TWO MILLION TONS OF ALUNITE WERE DEPOSITED, INCLUDING ERODED PARTS
Comment (Location): ALUNITE RIDGE
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Production): 250,000 S. T. PROD 1915 - 1920; PROCESS MILL AT ALUNITE CAMP
Comment (Development): THE USBM PLACED 13 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALING 6517 FT, BULLDOZER-EXCAVATED 5500 FT OF TRENCHES AND DUG 1370 FT OF SMALLER TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): AT THE MINERAL PRODUCTS MINE, THERE ARE 2 DISTINCT TRENDS TO THE VEIN SYSTEM. THE MAIN VEIN SYSTEM STRIKES N 25 DEG W AND DIPS FROM 85 DEG NE TO STEEPLY SW. THE WEST VEIN SYSTEM STRIKES N 60 DEG E AND DIPS 85 DEG NW. VEINS PINCH AND SWELL ALONG THE STRIKE RANGING FROM HAIRLINE FILLINGS TO LENSES 65 FT THICK. THE BRADBURN VEIN STRIKES N 25 DEG E AND DIPS 70 - 85 DEG SE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADIT LEVELS CONNECTED BY A 2-COMPARTMENT INCLINED WINZE. MAIN VEIN IS STOPED OUT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL FOR A LENGTH OF 1070 FT ACCORDING TO HILD ( 1946 ). LENGTH OF WORKINGS GIVEN ARE ONLY FOR THESE 2 LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE MANY SCATTERED ADITS, TUNNELS, AND PITS
Comment (Geology): ALUNITE VEINS IN SLIGHTLY ALUNITIZED HOST
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 118 - 121
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67 - 75
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 5 - 8
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 21 - 26 , 38
Reference (Deposit): 1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511
Reference (Deposit): WW2 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL MINERAL PRODS. CO.: PROD.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: DATA
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., AND GALE, H. S., 1912 , ALUNITE - A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: USGS BULL. 511 , 64 P. LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1915 , RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620-K, P. 237 - 270
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 67
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