Mine detail: White Hills Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.48553, -112.16134

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum, Potassium
Tertiary:	Kaolin
Ore:	Alunite, Kaolinite
Gangue:	Dickite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Host type:	Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Deposit Is 4000 Ft West Of The Sevier Fault
Alteration processes:	Latite Tuff And Breccia Has Been Alunitized, Silicified, And Kaolinized

References

MRDS	D002015
DEP	10009247
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.