Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits

The Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 11,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sunshine - Christmas - Aetna Peak Deposits
Secondary: Aetna Peak Also Known As Edna Peak

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Mt. Baldy 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: Florence Mining And Milling Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Alunite Ridge, Aetna Peak

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Alunitization

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 = COMBINED AETNA PEAK/SUNSHINE RESERVE QUOTED FROM CALLAGHAN UNPUB ESTIMATE

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Production): 12,000 ST ALUNITE ORE PROD FROM SUNSHINE MINE IN 1914 - 15

Comment (Development): PROPERTIES IDLE SINCE WW2

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE SEVERAL BRANCHES TO THE VEIN, ONE NEARLY NORMAL TO THE TREND OF THE MAIN VEIN.

Comment (Workings): ALL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY TRENCHES, PITS, AND ADITS. 7 STOPES WERE OPENED IN THE UPPER LEVEL ( NO. 1 ), CHRISTMAS (AND SUNSHINE) MINE. THE LOWER LEVEL IS 200 FT BELOW THE UPPER, AND IS NOW INACCESSABLE. 650 FT OF BULLDOZER TRENCHING AND 800 FT OF HAND TRENCHING BY THE USBM WERE DONE ON THE CHRISTMAS AND SUNSHINE PROPERTY.

Comment (Geology): PINK TO WHITE ALUNITE VEINS AND LENSES IN FISSURES IN SLIGHTLY ALUNITIZED VOLCANIC HOST

Comment (Location): CREST OF ALUNITE RIDGE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): HOST OF HIGH - GRADE VEINS PRESUMABLY LITTLE ALUNITIZED; NO GOOD BASIS FOR RESOURCE ESTIMATE

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 -D, P. 121 - 122 .

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 75 - 79 .

Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 9 - 10 .

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND GALE, H.S., 1912, ALUNITE, A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH: U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 511, 64 P.

Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEPOSITS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237 - 270.

Reference (Deposit): 1912 RECON B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE: BULL. 511 .

Reference (Deposit): 1914 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: PROD

Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620-K.

Reference (Deposit): WW2 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: MAPS

Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: DATA

Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 121 .

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