Mine detail: Pat Alunite

Location:	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.4557, -110.75068
dep_id:	10009276
mrds_id:	D002154
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum, Potassium
Trace mineral:	Talc-Soapstone, Kaolin
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Alunite
gangue:	Kaolinite, Sericite
orebody_fm:	HIGHLY IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS ELONGATED BLANKET OR LENS
alteration:	Phyllic, Sericitic
ore_ctrl:	Intrusions, Lithology
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_unit:	Comoro Granite;Mt. Wrightson Formation;
arock_type:	Monzonite
tectonic:	Basin And Range
disc_yr:	1909
discr:	F. C. Schrader Usgs
References:	Deposit:: SCHRADER 1913A; 1913B. Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, P. 361-364. Deposit:: SIMONS, 1974 (MAP). Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P. Deposit:: 1897 DIREXPL MANY C*. METAL PROD. Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1913, 1915; SIMONS, 1974 (MAP). Deposit:: 1909 GEOLMAP F. C. SCHRADER PUB. REPTS. Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP F. S. SIMONS PUB. MAP Deposit:: PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES Other Database:: CIMRI Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.