Mine detail: Alum Mountain-Alum Canyon

Previously called 'Alum RockGila River Alum Deposits, Copperas Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.1476, -108.21284

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Gangue: Gypsum, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alum Mountain Formation
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Tectonic:Mogollon Plateau

References

MRDSTC36165
DEP10062632
Reference{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1976-A, 35 P.}{Deposit:: HAYES, C.W., 1907, THE GILA RIVER ALUM DEPOSITS [NEW MEXICO]: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 215-224.}{Deposit:: NORTHROP, H.R., AND WHITNEY, GENE, 1987, CLAYS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS IN THE ALUM MOUNTAIN FOSSIL GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM NEAR GILA HOT SPRINGS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IN ZEO-TRIP*7, ED. F.A. MUMPTON: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL ZEOLITES, P. 1-12.}
ReporterPage, Norman J.