The Close In Deposit is a potassium and aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Potassium, Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.39778, -112.26250
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Close In Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Close In Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Potassium
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. Krotki
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Deer Trail Mountain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSES OF 8 SAMPLES RANGE FROM 23.8 % TO 95.5 % ALUNITE. IRON RANGES FROM 1 % TO 6 %. SILICA RANGES FROM 30 % TO 60
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Production): 1600 ST ORE SHIPPED TO LOS ANGELES, CA. DURING WW1
Comment (Geology): ORE RUBBLE OVERLIES SEVIER RIVER FORMATION OF PLIO - PLEISTOCENE AGE
Comment (Location): .8 MI NE OF DEER TRAIL MINE AT EASTERN FOOT OF DEER TRAIL MTN.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Development): PROPERTY IDLE SINCE USBM EXPLORATION DURING WW2
Comment (Deposit): CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) NOTES THE PRESENCE OF SEVERAL BODIES OF ALUNITIC MATERIAL OF GREATLY VARYING ALUNITE CONTENT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT WORKINGS MADE IN WW1. HILD ( 1946 ) MENTIONS 5800 FT OF TRENCHES, 9 PITS, A 30 BY 50 FT QUARRY, A 70 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AND 3600 FT OF TUNNELS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 87 , 89
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH, USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 123 - 124
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 89
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 13 - 14
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 27 - 28
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 50
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS & SHAFT
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 87
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