The Yellow Jacket Prospect is a aluminum mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 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: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.535, -112.20833
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Yellow Jacket Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Henry District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Area Is Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults Trending N 60 W, Dip 80 Sw - 60 Ne.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE AVERAGED 64 % ALUNITE
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION BY THE USBM CONSIST OF 3 DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 739 FT., 40 TEST PITS, 2373 FT. OF TRENCHES, AND 1183 FT. OF BULLDOZER CUTS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL QUARRY FACES.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 129 .
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPL. OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS: USBM REPT INV. 3972 , P. 11 - 12 , 41 - 51 .
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F. AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 180 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) CALLAGHAN, E., AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALLAGHAN, 1973
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