Mine detail: Earth Sciences Pine Valley Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.0483, -113.66332

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Aluminum, Potassium
Ore:	Alunite
Orebody form:	ELONGATE LENS ALONG NE - 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:	Alunitization By Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDS	D002130
DEP	10009260
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., V. 258}{Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOWN}{Deposit:: NO PUB INFO, ONLY PRIVATE COMPANY FILES}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A}
Reporter	Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.