The Potash Butte Deposit is a mine located in Sevier 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:
Lat, Long: 38.52944, -112.21194
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Potash Butte Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potash Butte Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Marysvale Region/Henry District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Johnson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Antelope Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESOURCE ESTIMATE MADE. DEPOSIT APPARENTLY HAS SMALL POTENTIAL
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Geology): CALLAGHAN (1973, P. 103) SAYS ALTERATION MOSTLY ARGILLIC NOT ALUNITIC
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THOENEN (1941) QUOTES UNPUB RESERVE ESTIMATE BY CALLAGHAN
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND "LARGE" QUARRY
Comment (Location): CREST OF ANTELOPE RANGE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
References
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 - 31 , 38 .
Reference (Deposit): 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL W. JOHNSON: PITS
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 129 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 103 .
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