Mine detail: Modena Alunite Vein

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.8108, -113.94471

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Alunite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Flow Member Of The Steamboat Mountain Formation;
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Alunitization

References

MRDS	RE00089
DEP	10055119
Reference	{Deposit:: BEST, M.G., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AREA BETWEEN HAMLIN VALLEY AND ESCALANTE DESERT, IRON CO., UTAH: USGS OFR-84-152, SCALE 1:50,000.}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PA. 1076-A, 35P.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.