| Location: | Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.27496, -113.52303 |
| dep_id: | 10009257 |
| mrds_id: | D002127 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Aluminum |
| Minor mineral: | Potassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid |
| Trace mineral: | Kaolin |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Alunite, Kaolinite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | VERY LARGE LENS ALONG NE TRENDING RIDGE |
| alteration: | Alunite Formed In Solfatarically Altered Tert Volcanic Rocks Along Crest On Ne |
| Reporter: | Starritt, Bruce C., Hall, Robert B. |
| hrock_unit: | Needles Range; Ignimbrite |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| arock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Year first produced: | 1972 |
| 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. 258
- Deposit:: 1970 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: PROD
- Deposit:: 1974 RECON R.B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATA
- Production:: EARTH SCIENCES, INC.
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