Mine detail: White Horse Deposit

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.47414, -112.19272
dep_id: 10009248
mrds_id: D002016
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Minor mineral: Kaolin, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Alunite, Kaolinite
gangue: Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: CANOE-SHAPED LENSES ( 3 MAIN BODIES )
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Alunitization, Kaolinization
conc_proc: Callaghan ( 1973 ) States That Kaolinite And Alunite Were Produced By The Replacement Process, With The Alunite Concentrated In The Cores Of The Syncline And Kaolinite Forming An Envelope Around It
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type: Latite
arock_type: Latite
Year first produced: 1942
disc_yr: 1915
discr: E. G. Nelson (?)
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 .
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 92
  • Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 12 - 13
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 81 , 191 - 193
  • Deposit:: 5) THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 31 - 32
  • Deposit:: 6) WILLARD, M. E., AND PROCTOR, P. D., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6 , P. 619 - 643
  • Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102
  • Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL KALUNITE, INC.: QUARRIES
  • Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD AND P. D. PROCTOR: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6
  • Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM: REPT. INV. 3972
  • Production:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89
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