Mine detail: White Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30413, -113.33414

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum, Potassium
Ore:	Alunite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1962

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range Formation
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Latite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Local Faulting
Alteration processes:	Intense Leaching, Alunitization, Argill.

References

MRDS	D002124
DEP	10009255
Reference	{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SE PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH, U.G.M.S. SPEC. STUP. #}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOMAP D. LEMMON UNPUB}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOMAP UGMS SS #4}{Deposit:: 1971 DIREXP EARTH SCIENCES LAB-UURI}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Mike L., Unknown