Yellow Jacket Prospect

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

Name: Yellow Jacket Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Sevier

Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)

Commodity: Aluminum

Lat, Long: 38.535, -112.20833

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Yellow Jacket Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite


Location

State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Henry District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: The Area Is Cut By A Series Of Normal Faults Trending N 60 W, Dip 80 Sw - 60 Ne.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE AVERAGED 64 % ALUNITE


Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION BY THE USBM CONSIST OF 3 DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 739 FT., 40 TEST PITS, 2373 FT. OF TRENCHES, AND 1183 FT. OF BULLDOZER CUTS. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL QUARRY FACES.

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 101 - 103 .

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

Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPL. OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS: USBM REPT INV. 3972 , P. 11 - 12 , 41 - 51 .

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

Reference (Deposit): 5) CALLAGHAN, E., AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALLAGHAN, 1973


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