Mine detail: Red Mountain Alunite Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 37.08335, -107.31868

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Potassium, Aluminum
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Hematite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: CONICAL

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Quartz Latite Of Red Mountain;Quartz Latite Of Grassy Mountain;Sunshine Peak Tuff;Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated type:Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Red Mountain Lava Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:See Comments

References

MRDSD011566
DEP10096873
Reference{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., 1912, ALUNITE IN THE SAN CRISTOBAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530-F, 5 P.}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITIC ALUMINUM RESOURCES--ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A, 35 P.}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1980, ALUNITE--A POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC SOURCE OF ALUMINUM AND POTASH?, IN SCHWOCHOW, S.D., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: CGS RESOURCE SER. 8, P. 77-88.}{Deposit:: LYLE, DON, 1977, ALUNITE LODE DISCOVERED IN HIGH COUNTRY: ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, V. 119, NO. 106 (AUG. 6), P. 94.}{Deposit:: MEHNERT, H.H., AND OTHERS, 1979, K-AR AGE OF ALTERATION AT RED MOUNTAIN, LAKE CITY AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-79-1642, 10 P.}{Deposit:: MCGREGOR, HEATHER, 1983, WEST SLOPE STRIP-MINING PLAN FOR ALUNITE STIRS CONTROVERSY: DENVER POST, JULY 6.}{Deposit:: HADDOW, ELLEN, 1983, MINERAL DEPOSIT SPURS CLASH ON WILDERNESS SITE: DENVER POST, APRIL 11.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD, 1983, BLM TO CONDUCT MEETING ON ALUNITE MINING OPERATION: MINING RECORD, AUG. 10.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.