The Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 11,201 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: 11,201 Feet (3,414 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.37917, -112.33056
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Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits
Secondary: Aetna Peak Also Known As Edna Peak
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Florence Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: Alunite Ridge, Aetna Peak
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Alunitization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 = COMBINED AETNA PEAK/SUNSHINE RESERVE QUOTED FROM CALLAGHAN UNPUB ESTIMATE
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Production): 12,000 ST ALUNITE ORE PROD FROM SUNSHINE MINE IN 1914 - 15
Comment (Development): PROPERTIES IDLE SINCE WW2
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE SEVERAL BRANCHES TO THE VEIN, ONE NEARLY NORMAL TO THE TREND OF THE MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): ALL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY TRENCHES, PITS, AND ADITS. 7 STOPES WERE OPENED IN THE UPPER LEVEL ( NO. 1 ), CHRISTMAS (AND SUNSHINE) MINE. THE LOWER LEVEL IS 200 FT BELOW THE UPPER, AND IS NOW INACCESSABLE. 650 FT OF BULLDOZER TRENCHING AND 800 FT OF HAND TRENCHING BY THE USBM WERE DONE ON THE CHRISTMAS AND SUNSHINE PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): PINK TO WHITE ALUNITE VEINS AND LENSES IN FISSURES IN SLIGHTLY ALUNITIZED VOLCANIC HOST
Comment (Location): CREST OF ALUNITE RIDGE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HOST OF HIGH - GRADE VEINS PRESUMABLY LITTLE ALUNITIZED; NO GOOD BASIS FOR RESOURCE ESTIMATE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 121 - 122 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 75 - 79 .
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 9 - 10 .
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND GALE, H.S., 1912, ALUNITE, A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 511, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEPOSITS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237 - 270.
Reference (Deposit): 1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511 .
Reference (Deposit): 1914 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: PROD
Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620-K.
Reference (Deposit): WW2 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: MAPS
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: DATA
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 121 .
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