Mine detail: Mar
* Lamb Mine

Previously called 'Vera Cruz'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5258, -112.20495

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Alunite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration Containing Montmorillonite - Illite. More Intense Alteration Shows Montmorillonite - Illite Being Replaced By Alunite, Kaolinite, And Quartz.

References

MRDS	M057691
DEP	10041849
Reference	{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 103 - 104 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIM. REPT. ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 130 .}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F. AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 131 .}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)