Marys Lamb Deposit

The Marys Lamb Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 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

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Site Name

Primary: Marys Lamb Deposit
Secondary: Vera Cruz
Secondary: Santa Cruz
Secondary: Santa Kruze
Secondary: Utah Potash Co.
Secondary: St. Francis.

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium

Location

State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Marysvale Region/Henry District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: E. G. Nelson

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: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 31 % TO 33 % ALUNITE

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Illite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SMALL LEACHING PLANT BY UTAH POTASH CO. IN WW1; IDLE SINCE.

Comment (Workings): THOENEN ( 1941 ) REPORTS WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 QUARRIES AND A 200 FT ADIT. CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) REPORTS SEVERAL PITS AND 2 QUARRIES, ONE OF WHICH IS 120 FT LONG.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR RESOURCE EST BUT POSSIBLY "CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE" OF LOW - GRADE ROCK

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Production): UNKNOWN BUT SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED TO NEW JERSEY

Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF ANTELOPE RANGE, NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF 2 GULLIES.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

References

Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 81 , 181 .

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 31 .

Reference (Deposit): 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D

Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL UTAH POTASH CO.: TEST

Reference (Deposit): 1957 GEOLMAP P. F. KERR AND OTHERS: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , PL. 15 .

Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 .

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 .

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 .

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 103 - 104 .

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