Pat Alunite

The Pat Alunite is a potassium and aluminum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,348 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: Pat Alunite
Secondary: Patagonia Property
Secondary: Pat Property

Commodity

Primary: Potassium
Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Talc-Soapstone
Tertiary: Kaolin

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Earth Sciences, Inc. ; National Steel Corp. ; Southwire Co.
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: HIGHLY IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS ELONGATED BLANKET OR LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Phyllic, Sericitic

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MUCH KAOLINITE, SERICITE, AND PYROPHYLLITE
Analytical Data: F. S. SIMONS UNPUB. X-RAY DATA SUGGEST ALUNITIZATION EXTENSIVE BUT IRREG.

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SCHRADER DESCRIBES ALUNITE NEAR 3R MINE; SIMONS MAPPED EXTENSIVE ALUNITIZED ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DATA INSUFFICIENT TO ESTIMATE RESERVES

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SIMONS MAPPED INTERMITTENTLY ALUNITIZED ZONE 15,000 FT LONG, 3,500 FT WIDE TRENDING N 20 W. RESOURCE EST. BY R. B. HALL

Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE PROD BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS; NO ALUNITE PROD

Comment (Development): NUMEROUS MINES WORKED FORMERLY FOR BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS BUT NO DEVELOPMENT OF ALUNITE. AFTER 1972, AERIAL SURVEY, BEDROCK SAMPLING, AND DRILLING. AS OF 1974, EARTH SCIENCES, INC., HELD FEDERAL POTASSIUM PROSPECTING PERMITS ON 6,813.11 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE REPLACED BY ORE.

Comment (Workings): ALL MINE WORKS FOR METALS NOT ALUNITE

Comment (Geology): ALTERATION AFFECTED AT LEAST FOUR DISTINCT FORMATIONS MAPPED BY SIMONS (1974).

Comment (Location): ALUNITIZED ZONE EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ADJOINING LOCHIEL 15 MIN. QUADRANGLE. USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 31-30-21N, 110-43-35W AND T22S, R16E, SEC 21.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, P. 361-364.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974 (MAP).

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1897 DIREXPL MANY CO'S. METAL PROD.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1913, 1915; SIMONS, 1974 (MAP).

Reference (Deposit): 1909 GEOLMAP F. C. SCHRADER PUB. REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): 1960 GEOLMAP F. S. SIMONS PUB. MAP

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, 1915

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER 1913A; 1913B.

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