Marysvale Peak

The Marysvale Peak is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 10,801 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: Marysvale Peak

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Kaolin

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Sevier Plateau Area

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Delaney

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: irregular

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Kaolinization

Rocks

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

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

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 4 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 31% TO 66% ALUNITE. CALLAGHAN STATES, "EXCESSIVE ALUMINA POINTS TO A HIGH CONTENT OF KAOLINITE SO THE ALTERED ROCK IS CONSIDERED A MIXTURE OF ALUNITE, KAOLINITE, AND SILICA. THE LOW CONTENT OF IRON IS NOTABLE..

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Location): Summit of Marysvale Peak is at COMMON CORNERS OF SECTIONS 2, 3, 10, 11

Comment (General): Comments copied from deleted record 10009242 (D002009): Commodity: PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES Deposit: Discovery Year: WW1 Development: IDLE SINCE 1942 Location: ORE BODIES LOCATED AROUND PERIMETER OF MARYSVALE PEAK FROM ABOUT 10540 FT TO SUMMIT. Reserve-Resource: THOENEN (1941) QUOTES CALLAGHAN UNPUB RESOURCE ESTIMATE Workings: WILLARD & PROCTOR MAP SHOWS FEW SMALL PITS [note that this is fig. 67 in Callaghan, 1973] Deposit: WW1 DIREXPL E. DELANEY: PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 131.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 111 - 114. [fig. 67 map is by M.E. Willard and P.D. Proctor, 1942]

Reference (Analytical Data): CALLAGHAN, 1973

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 32, 38.

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