Mine detail: Sugarloaf Prospect

Previously called 'Sugar LoafSugarloaf Butte AluniteSugarloaf Peak'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.63423, -114.31607

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Secondary:	Lead, Molybdenum, Bismuth, Tungsten, Tin
Ore:	Alunite, Natroalunite
Gangue:	Hematite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Dome Rock Formation;
Host type:	Dacite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Alteration. Silicification Of Schist

References

MRDS	D002156
DEP	10009277
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINEMAN, 1935, SUGARLOAF BUTTE ALUNITE: E & MJ, V. 136, P. 138-139.}{Deposit:: THOENEN, 1941, USBM RI 3561, P. 10-11.}{Deposit:: JONES, 1915, USGS BULL 620-C, P. 45-57.}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1922, USGS PP 129, P. 183-197.}{Deposit:: CROWL, 1979, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: HALL, ROBERT B., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES FILES, 1990.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, ALUNITE, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 302-303.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: THOENEN, 1941, P .11; KEITH, 1969.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M.