Mariposa Sulfur Deposit

The Mariposa Sulfur Deposit is a sulfur mine located in Millard county, Utah.

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: Mariposa Sulfur Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Sulfur
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gypsum-Anhydrite

Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Gordon District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Hydrothermal

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Selenite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Sulfur
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): HEAT SOURCE FOR SOLFATARIC ACTIVITY IS THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO NEARBY PLIESTOCENE BASALT CONE ( CALLAGHAN 1973 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATE IS COMBINED WITH PRINCE ALBERT. KING AND KING ( 1954 ) INDICATE 400,000 SHORT TONS PROBABLE ORE CONTAINING 107,000 LONG TONS SULFUR. RODRIQUEZ ( 1960 ) INDICATES 120,000 SHORT TONS PROBABLE ORE CONTAINING 26,790 LONG TONS SULFUR.

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 .

Reference (Deposit): RODRIQUEZ, E. L., 1960 , MASTERS THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

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