Close In Deposit

The Close In Deposit is a potassium and aluminum mine located in Piute 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

Name: Close In Deposit  

State:  Utah

County:  Piute

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Potassium, Aluminum

Lat, Long: 38.39778, -112.26250

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Close In Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Close In Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Potassium
Primary: Aluminum


Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy District


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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: M. Krotki


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: Deer Trail Mountain


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization


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: ANALYSES OF 8 SAMPLES RANGE FROM 23.8 % TO 95.5 % ALUNITE. IRON RANGES FROM 1 % TO 6 %. SILICA RANGES FROM 30 % TO 60


Materials

Ore: Alunite


Comments

Comment (Production): 1600 ST ORE SHIPPED TO LOS ANGELES, CA. DURING WW1

Comment (Geology): ORE RUBBLE OVERLIES SEVIER RIVER FORMATION OF PLIO - PLEISTOCENE AGE

Comment (Location): .8 MI NE OF DEER TRAIL MINE AT EASTERN FOOT OF DEER TRAIL MTN.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Development): PROPERTY IDLE SINCE USBM EXPLORATION DURING WW2

Comment (Deposit): CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) NOTES THE PRESENCE OF SEVERAL BODIES OF ALUNITIC MATERIAL OF GREATLY VARYING ALUNITE CONTENT

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT WORKINGS MADE IN WW1. HILD ( 1946 ) MENTIONS 5800 FT OF TRENCHES, 9 PITS, A 30 BY 50 FT QUARRY, A 70 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AND 3600 FT OF TUNNELS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 87 , 89

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH, USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 123 - 124

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 89

Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 13 - 14

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 27 - 28

Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 50

Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA

Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL USBM: PUB

Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS & SHAFT

Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 86 - 87


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