Aluminum Bar Deposit

The Aluminum Bar Deposit is a potassium and aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 9,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Aluminum Bar Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Potassium
Primary: Aluminum

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: Delaney And Gibbs

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: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 ANALYSES SHOW 38 % AND 53 % ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS ALUNITE PRESENT IN MODERATE PROPORTION TO SILICA AND CLAY

Materials

Ore: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Location): HEAD OF SMITH CANYON, SOUTH OF MARYSVALE PEAK

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THOENEN (1941, P. 34) QUOTES CALLAGHAN UNPUB. RESOURCE AND TENOR ESTIMATE

Comment (Workings): WILLARD'S MAP, REPRODUCED IN CALLAGHAN, 1973 , P. 115 , SHOWS ONE PROSPECT PIT. THOENEN ( 1941 ) MENTIONS A 25 FT OPEN-CUT FACE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): FURTHER EXPLORATION NECESSARY

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

References

Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL DELANEY & GIBBS: PIT

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 69

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 MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 114 - 115

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

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

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