Mine detail: White Hills Deposit

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Location:	Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.48553, -112.16134
dep_id:	10009247
mrds_id:	D002015
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum, Potassium
Trace mineral:	Kaolin
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Alunite, Kaolinite
gangue:	Dickite
orebody_fm:	LENS
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Latite Tuff And Breccia Has Been Alunitized, Silicified, And Kaolinized
ore_ctrl:	Alteration Areas Controlled By Faulting
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type:	Latite
arock_type:	Latite
Structure:	Deposit Is 4000 Ft West Of The Sevier Fault
Year first produced:	1916
disc_yr:	1915
discr:	M. Krotki
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 96 Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 - 131 Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 - 96 Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 15 - 17 Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 32 Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP V. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 55 Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 55 Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL USBM: R. I. 3972