Mine detail: White Horse

Location:	Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.47414, -112.19217
dep_id:	10015243
mrds_id:	DB00564
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Alunite
gangue:	Hematite, Kaolinite
orebody_fm:	POD/LENS
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Alunitic
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal Solution Leaching And Redepositing Alumina And Potassium
ore_ctrl:	Volcanic Flowage Folds
Reporter:	Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_type:	Quartz Latite
arock_unit:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
arock_type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Red Hills Caldera
tectonic:	Basin And Range Transition
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH Deposit:: WILLARD, M. E., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 41 , P. 619 - 643 . Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AM. SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 191 - 193 . Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 96 . Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS BULL. 102 Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978