J and L Deposit

The J and L Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,430 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: J and L Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Kaolin

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
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: Aluminum Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1935
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: Antelope Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 34.6 % TO 76.5 % ALUNITE

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 BY 50 FT. QUARRY AND A 260 FT ADIT.

Comment (Geology): ORE LENS TERMINATED AT NW END BY FAULT; KAOLINITE ACCOMPANIES ALUNITE

Comment (Location): NEAR S EDGE OF SEC. 28

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR EST OF RESOURCE BEYOND ABOVE RESERVE EST

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Production): 5000 ST TREATED AT MARYSVALE MILL, 1937 - 1940; ALSO 150 ST TESTED AT BOULDER CITY, NEV. PILOT PLANT IN 1945

Comment (Development): PROPERTY IDLE SINCE EXPLORATORY DIAMOND DRILLING ( 6 HOLES TOTALING 1026 FT ), TRENCHING ( 700 FT ), AND SEVERAL TEST PITS DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943 .

References

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 16 .

Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 . BAROCH, C. T. AND OTHERS, 1945 , USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 108 .

Reference (Deposit): BAROCH, C. T., AND OTHERS, 1945 , ALUNITE, J AND L CLAIMS, MARYSVALE, UTAH, DEHYDRATION IN ROTARY KILN: USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 - 108 .

Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 14 - 15 .

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 33 .

Reference (Deposit): 1936 DIREXPL ALUMINUM INC: ADIT

Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA

Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB

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