Aluminum Queen Deposit

The Aluminum Queen Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 9,600 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

Name: Aluminum Queen Deposit  

State:  Utah

County:  Piute

Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)

Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium

Lat, Long: 38.46333, -112.11194

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Aluminum Queen Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Aluminum Queen Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium


Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region


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

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: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 3 % TO 45 % ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE 45 % ALUNITE BUT MOST MATERIAL SERICITIC, LOW GRADE


Materials

Ore: Alunite


Comments

Comment (Location): RIDGE W OF SMITH CANYON. ALTERED AREA IN FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST BUT A SMALL PART MAY RUN OVER INTO SECTION 16 WHICH IS STATE LAND

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THOENEN (1941) QUOTES UNPUB CALLAGHAN RESERVE ESTIMATE

Comment (Development): PROSPECT APPARENTLY IDLE SINCE 1936

Comment (Workings): CALLAGHAN (1973) MENTIONS ONE QUARRY, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TWO SHORT ADITS


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 115

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 114

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 34

Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINEROLOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 68

Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: QUARRY

Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON USBM R.I. 3561


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