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Alunite from
Temple Mountain Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Age information
Maximum recorded age:18.9 ± 5.6 Ma
Minimum recorded age:9.5 ± 5.3 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
19.5 ± 5.3 MaMiocene - K-Ar
211.5 ± 3.5 MaMiocene - K-Ar
315.8 ± 6.3 MaMiocene - K-Ar
418.9 ± 5.6 MaMiocene - K-Ar
513 MaMiocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
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Morrison, S. J., & Parry, W. T. (1988) Age and formation conditions of alteration associated with a collapse structure, Temple Mountain uranium district, Utah.
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Morrison, S. J., & Parry, W. T. (1988) Age and formation conditions of alteration associated with a collapse structure, Temple Mountain uranium district, Utah.
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Morrison, S. J., & Parry, W. T. (1988) Age and formation conditions of alteration associated with a collapse structure, Temple Mountain uranium district, Utah.
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Morrison, S. J., & Parry, W. T. (1988) Age and formation conditions of alteration associated with a collapse structure, Temple Mountain uranium district, Utah.
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Morrison, S. J., & Parry, W. T. (1988) Age and formation conditions of alteration associated with a collapse structure, Temple Mountain uranium district, Utah.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Temple Mountain Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:733482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:733482:5
GUID (UUID V4):b4cc9145-ef3c-49f9-9ad2-410f78bc0cb2
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘOyler Mine, Fremont Mining District, Wayne County, Utah, USA
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘJomac Mine, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
DANA R. KELLEY AND PAUL F. KERR (1958) URANO-ORGANIC ORE AT TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, UTAH. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOL. 69. PP. 701-756.
Gruner, J. W. (1959). Final Report for June 1949 to the End of Contract, June 30, 1958. Technical Information Service. RME 3159
Reference Search (possible matching items)
KELLEY, DANA R., KERR, PAUL F. (1957) CLAY ALTERATION AND ORE, TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, UTAH. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 68 (9) 1101 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1957)68[1101:caaotm]2.0.co;2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEPTEMBER 1967 CLAY ALTERATION AND ORE, TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, UTAH By DANA R. KEIXEY AND PAUL F. KERR ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The Moss Back Sandstone at Temple Mountain, Utah, exhibits abundant argillic alteration in the grain...15,000 p.s.i. water pressure. The illite at Temple Mountain which contains the 2Mi polymorph is believed...and mica polymorphs . . . Mica polymorphs at Temple Mountain.. . . General statement X-ray diffractometer...of the Temple Mountain uranium- Keys, 1957) has been published. An examinamining district, Utah, began
KELLEY, DANA R., KERR, PAUL F. (1958) URANO-ORGANIC ORE AT TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, UTAH. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 69 (6) 701 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1958)69[701:uoatmu]2.0.co;2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PUS. JUNE 1958 TJRANO-ORGANIC ORE AT TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, UTAH By DANA R. KELLEY AND PAUL F. KERR ABSTRACT...essential constituents of the uranium ore at Temple Mountain, Utah. These occur in the vicinity of highly altered...zinc, and vanadium appear more abundant in the mining area away from the collapse. Small particles of...montroseite, the primary vanadium oxide, in the mining area. The distribution of supergene oxidation minerals...the uranium mineralization. The features at Temple Mountain are significant in the delineation of centers
Back, Malcolm E., Mandarino, Joseph A. (2008) Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species 2008. The Mineralogical Record, Inc.
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