Mine detail: Earth Sciences Southern Extension

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Location: Beaver, Iron County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14163, -113.55303
dep_id: 10009258
mrds_id: D002128
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: Alunitization 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:: 1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258
  • Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: DATA
  • Deposit:: NO PUB INFO, ONLY PRIVATE COMPANY FILES.
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