Mine detail: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2544, -113.55581

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Kaolin, Aluminum, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Potassium
Ore:	Alunite, Kaolinite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ON E - W TRENDING RIDGE
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:	Alunitized And Kaolinized Rock Formed By Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDS	D002129
DEP	10009259
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:: 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOWN}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON R. B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATA}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.