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This region is almost completey made up of volcanic rock.
Popular Locations
| Location: | Alunite Townsite |
| Minerals: |
alunite |
| Land Status: | Private land. |
| Directions: | Beginning at the south city limits of Marysvale, drive south about 3 miles to milepost 116 and continue past it for 0.5 mile to a dirt road going west. Turn west and continue on this road for 1.1 miles to the old townsite of Alunite. |
| GPS: | 38°22'50"N - 112°14'46"W |
| Location: | Blackbird Mine |
| Minerals: |
psilomelane and other manganses minerals |
| Land Status: | National Forest and mining claims. |
| Directions: | Follow the directions to Elbow Ranch above. At Elbow Ranch, either of the two roads that lead north(left) from the main gravel road can be followed up the creek beds of the foothills to the Blackbird Mine which is located just below the steep front of the Sevire Plateau, about 3.5 miles from Elbow Ranch. |
| GPS: | 38°25'25"N - 112°07'17"W |
| Location: | Deer Trail Mine |
| Minerals: |
sphalerite, fluorite |
| Land Status: | Private land. stay off posted property. |
| Directions: | The dirt road that leads to the mine is located almost exactly 2 miles south of Marysvale sout city limit, about 3.5 miles south of the center of town. The mine is on the lower slopes of the mountain and is clearly visible from the highway. |
| GPS: | 38°23'15"N - 112°16'22"W |
| Location: | Durkee Creek Area |
| Minerals: |
chabazite, stilbite, heulandite, mordenite, scolecite, calcite, quartz |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | Take the street east in downtown Marysvale and cross the Sevier River. This road then turns north paralleling the river. Stay to the right as the road rounds the north end of the mountain and heads southeast. At the road fork, just before the power line crosses the road, take the left fork curving east along the north side of Durkee Creek. Go about 1 mile and park and walk across the creek to the small hill on the other side. A second area is across the valley and about midway up the slopes of the wash visible about 0.5 mile southeast of the first location. |
| GPS: | 38°27'51"N - 112°10'37"W |
| Location: | Elbow Ranch Area |
| Minerals: |
chabazite, stilbite, heulandide, mordenite, scolecite, calcite, quartz |
| Land Status: | BLM and mining claims. |
| Directions: | From Marysvale drive south 2 miles from the city limit (about 3.5 miles from the center of town) and turn left on a paved road paralleling the highway. After 0.25 mile turn left on a dirt road and follow this across the Sevier River, and across the ridge on the other side. Continue to the abandoned Elbow Ranch. Continue on the main dirt road south from Elbow Ranch. The location is the first canyon north of Dry Canyon, where the road enters the mountains. |
| GPS: | 38°22'09"N - 112°06'52"W |
| Location: | Marysvale Area |
| Minerals: |
amethystine quartz, bixbyite, rutile |
| Land Status: | BLM. |
| Directions: | Turn west on a dirt road approxomately 2.8 miles north of Center Street in Marysvale. Continue about 300 yards and park. Boulders of light colored rhyolote are scattered about. Examine cavaties in the rhyolite. |
| GPS: | 38°29'06"N - 112°14'44"W |
| Location: | Pine Creek Area |
| Minerals: |
corundum, spinel, nepheline |
| Land Status: | National Forest and mining claims. |
| Directions: | Since the deposits occur as float, there is not specific location and no road leads directly into the area. There is a road that goes part way up Pine Creek Canyon. The general location is Sec. 22, T28S, R2W. |
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Mine Index
| Mine Name: | General Location: | GPS: | Minerals: |
| Blackbird Mine | Marysvale District | 38°25'25"N - 112°07'17"W | Pyrolusite |
| Buddy Mine | Marysvale District | 38°29'51"N - 112°12'50"W | Autunite, Jordisite, Lithiophorite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende |
| Bullion Monarch Mine | Marysvale District | 38°27'00"N - 112°13'45"W | Autunite, Baryte, Fluorite, Ilsemannite, Johannite, Jordisite, Lithiophorite, Metatorbernite, Schröckingerite, Torbernite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende, Uranophane, Uranopilite, Zippeite |
| East Slope Group | Marysvale District | 38°29'45"N - 112°12'45"W | Alunite, Autunite, Hematite, Metatorbernite, Schröckingerite, Uranophane |
| Freedom #2 | Marysvale District | 38°29'35"N - 112°12'14"W | Uranophane, Autunite, Copiapite, Fluellite, Fluorite, Gearksutite, Halotrichite, Ilsemannite, Jordisite, Lithiophorite, Meta-autunite, Metatorbernite, Phosphuranylite, Sabugalite, Schröckingerite, Sidwillite, Sklodowskite, Torbernite, Umohoite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zeunerite, Zippeite |
| Prospector Mine | Marysvale District | 38°29'45"N - 112°12'53"W | Autunite, Fluellite, Fluorite, Ilsemannite, Johannite, Jordisite, Lithiophorite, Schröckingerite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende, Uranophane, Uranopilite, Zippeite |
| VCA Mine | Marysvale District | 38°29'54"N - 112°12'51"W | Autunite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende |
| Whitehorse Mine | Marysvale District | 38°28'31"N - 112°11'21"W | Alunite, Kaolinite |
| Deer Trail Mine | Tushar Mountains | 38°23'15"N - 112°16'22"W | Anatase, Anglesite, Brochantite, Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite, Caledonite, Campigliaite, Cerussite, Clinochlore var: Leuchtenbergite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hematite var: Specularite, Hydrozincite, Hübnerite, Jarosite, Ktenasite, Limonite, Malachite, Mimetite, Orthoserpierite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Schulenbergite, Serpierite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tiemannite, Uraninite var: Pitchblende, Wulfenite, Zircon |
| Great Western Mine | Tushar Mountains | 38°25'12"N - 112°20'03"W | Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Keystone Mine | Tushar Mountains | 38°27'42"N - 112°25'15"W | Fluorite |
| Sevier Mine | Tushar Mountains | 38°29'34"N - 112°24'56"W | Acanthite, Azurite, Chlorargyrite, Fluorite, Gold, Limonite, Orthoclase var: Adularia, Pyrite, Quartz var: Amethyst |