Mine detail: L and N Deposit

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Location:	Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.38053, -112.34467
dep_id:	10009251
mrds_id:	D002019
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum, Potassium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Alunite
gangue:	Dickite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Kaolinization, Silicification, Alunitization
ore_ctrl:	Callaghan ( 1938 ) Mentions A Displacement Of Over 150 Ft Along The Zone Of Altered Rock Which Evidently Follows A Fault
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
hrock_type:	Latite
arock_type:	Latite
disc_yr:	1913
discr:	Florence Mining & Milling Co.
References:	Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 122 - 123 Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 78 , 80 . Deposit:: HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 8 - 9 . Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 . Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237-270. Deposit:: 1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620 - K Deposit:: 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB Deposit:: WW1 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: ADITS Deposit:: 1943 RECON G. L. BELL: MAP