The Marysvale Peak is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 10,801 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: 10,801 Feet (3,292 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.48528, -112.09778
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Marysvale Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marysvale Peak
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Kaolin
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Sevier Plateau Area
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
Type: Patented
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: irregular
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 31% TO 66% ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN STATES, "EXCESSIVE ALUMINA POINTS TO A HIGH CONTENT OF KAOLINITE SO THE ALTERED ROCK IS CONSIDERED A MIXTURE OF ALUNITE, KAOLINITE, AND SILICA. THE LOW CONTENT OF IRON IS NOTABLE..
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): Summit of Marysvale Peak is at COMMON CORNERS OF SECTIONS 2, 3, 10, 11
Comment (General): Comments copied from deleted record 10009242 (D002009): Commodity: PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES Deposit: Discovery Year: WW1 Development: IDLE SINCE 1942 Location: ORE BODIES LOCATED AROUND PERIMETER OF MARYSVALE PEAK FROM ABOUT 10540 FT TO SUMMIT. Reserve-Resource: THOENEN (1941) QUOTES CALLAGHAN UNPUB RESOURCE ESTIMATE Workings: WILLARD & PROCTOR MAP SHOWS FEW SMALL PITS [note that this is fig. 67 in Callaghan, 1973] Deposit: WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 131.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 111 - 114. [fig. 67 map is by M.E. Willard and P.D. Proctor, 1942]
Reference (Analytical Data): CALLAGHAN, 1973
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 32, 38.
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