The L and N Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 11,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,201 Feet (3,414 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.38056, -112.34389
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L and N Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: L and N Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
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: Florence Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
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
Physiographic Detail: Mount Brigham - Alunite Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification, Alunitization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dickite
Comments
Comment (Workings): HILD ( 1946 ) REPORTS A SHORT FORKED TUNNEL, SMALL QUARRY, 3 PITS, AND 1200 FT OF TRENCHES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 = ORE IN HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATTER. THOENEN ( 1941 ) ESTIMATES 160000 ST OF 75 % ALUNITE ORE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST; WALLROCK WEAKLY, SPORADICALLY ALUNITIZED
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Location): W FLANK OF ALUNITE RIDGE. SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE SADDLE ON THE DRAINAGE DIVIDE BETWEEN COTTONWOOD CREEK AND PINE CREEK
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORKS MADE IN WW1; PROPERTY IDLE SINCE WW2
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF THE ALTERED ROCK IS SOFT AND ARGILLIC
References
Reference (Deposit): 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: ADITS
Reference (Deposit): 1943 RECON G. L. BELL: MAP
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 8 - 9 .
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237-270.
Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620 - K
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 122 - 123
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 78 , 80 .
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