Mine detail: White Mountain

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.30413, -113.33414
dep_id: 10009255
mrds_id: D002124
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Intense Leaching, Alunitization, Argill.
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins
Reporter: Everts, Mike L., Unknown
hrock_unit: Needles Range Formation
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Latite
Structure: Basin & Range, Local Faulting
disc_yr: 1962
discr: Bronson Stringham
References:
  • 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.
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