Mine detail: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea C Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.27496, -113.52303

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum
Secondary:	Potassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary:	Kaolin
Ore:	Alunite, Kaolinite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VERY LARGE LENS ALONG NE TRENDING RIDGE
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range; Ignimbrite
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Alunite Formed In Solfatarically Altered Tert Volcanic Rocks Along Crest On Ne

References

MRDS	D002127
DEP	10009257
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Starritt, Bruce C., Hall, Robert B.