Mine detail: Unnamed Alunite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

38.25529, -106.11921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Alunite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Diaspore, Epidote, Quartz
Other material:	Kaolin

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Bonanza Caldera, Greenback Gulch Volcanic Neck
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization, Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDS	D008957
DEP	10090904
Reference	BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, P
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.