Mine detail: Earth Sciences Southern Extension

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14163, -113.55303

Resource(B)

Primary:	Aluminum, Potassium
Ore:	Alunite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1970

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range Formation
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Alunitization By Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDS	D002128
DEP	10009258
Reference	{Deposit:: MACKIN, J. H., 1960 , STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258 , P. 81 - 131}{Deposit:: 1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258}{Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: DATA}{Deposit:: NO PUB INFO, ONLY PRIVATE COMPANY FILES.}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.