Mine detail: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.2544, -113.55581
dep_id: 10009259
mrds_id: D002129
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Kaolin, Aluminum, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite, Kaolinite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ON E - W TRENDING RIDGE
alteration: Alunitized And Kaolinized Rock Formed 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:: 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
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