Description
Florence Mining & Milling Co.
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlCallaghan ( 1938 ) Mentions A Displacement Of Over 150 Ft Along The Zone Of Altered Rock Which Evidently Follows A Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite
GangueDickite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLatite · Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Associated rockLatite
AlterationKaolinization, Silicification, Alunitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10009251
MRDS IDD002019
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.38053, -112.34467
References
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886-D, P. 122 - 123CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 78 , 80 .HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 8 - 9 .THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 24 - 25 .LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1915, RECENT ALUNITE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR MARYSVALE AND BEAVER, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620-K, P. 237-270.1915 RECON G. F. LOUGHLIN: BULL. 620 - K1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886 - D1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUBWW1 DIREXPL FLORENCE M & M CO.: ADITS1943 RECON G. L. BELL: MAP