Mine detail: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea A Deposit

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23857, -113.51887
dep_id: 10009256
mrds_id: D002125
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Potassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ON PROMINENT HILLS
alteration: Alunitized Rock Formed By Solfataric Alteration
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Needles Range Formation
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
disc_yr: 1970
discr: Earth Sciences, Inc.
References:
  • Deposit:: MACKIN, J. H., 1960 , STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258 , P. 81 - 131 .
  • Deposit:: PARKINSON, G., 1974 , GOLDEN PILOT PLANT POINTS WAY TO 500,000-TPY ALUMINA-FROM-ALUNITE MINE AND PLANT IN UTAH: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 175 , NO. 8 , P. 75 - 78 .
  • Deposit:: WALKER, W. W., AND STEVENS, D. N., 1974 , THE EARTH SCIENCES-NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT: AIME-TMS PAPER NO. A74-64 , P. 663 - 668 .
  • Deposit:: 1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 2
  • Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES, INC.
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