The Crystal Fraction is a mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.35444, -112.30611
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Crystal Fraction MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Fraction
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Burns (?)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Alunite Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THIN, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Location): N BANK COTTONWOOD CREEK, JUST N OF THE CRYSTAL MINE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO DATA; VEIN PRESUMABLY SMALL
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Workings): ONLY KNOWN TUNNEL REPORTED IN 1938 TO BE CAVED IN. DIRECTION AT THE PORTAL IS N 55 W
Comment (Geology): ADIT DRIVEN ALONG ALUNITE VEIN "THAT REACHED AND PENETRATED RED SHALE."
References
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL J. BURNS: ADIT
Reference (Deposit): 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 123
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