Yellow Jacket Deposit

The Yellow Jacket Deposit is a aluminum mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium

Location

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

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)

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: Antelope Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Area Is On The West Limb Of A Broad Syncline Which Plunges Gently North. Area Is Also Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults.

Alterations

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

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 ANALYSES SHOW 45.6 % AND 59.0 % ALUNITE

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 = BLOCK A; ITEM 2 = BLOCK B; TONNAGES, TENORS BASED ON USBM EXPLORATION, 1942 .

Comment (Development): IN 1943 , THE USBM DIAMOND DRILLED 3 HOLES TOTALING 739 FT, DUG 40 TEST PITS, 2373 FT OF HAND TRENCHES, AND 1183 FT OF BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Production): 500 ST SHIPPED TO ASARCO ALUM PLANT, MURRAY, UTAH DURING WW1

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 3 MAIN AREAS, REFERRED TO AS BLOCKS A, B, AND C.

Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN OPENED BY 2 QUARRY FACES

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 = EST RESOURCE IN BLOCK C

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN A SADDLE EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM TWIN BUTTES.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 30

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 107 , 129 .

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .

Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 180 .

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 30 .

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

Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL ASARCO: TEST DATA

Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: TRENCHES, PITS

Reference (Deposit): 1945 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 15

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