Description
Earth Sciences Inc.
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondaryPotassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
TertiaryKaolin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVERY LARGE LENS ALONG NE TRENDING RIDGE
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Kaolinite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Needles Range; Ignimbrite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
AlterationAlunite Formed In Solfatarically Altered Tert Volcanic Rocks Along Crest On Ne
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1972
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10009257
MRDS IDD002127
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.27496, -113.52303
References
MACKIN, J. H., 1960 , STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258 , P. 81 - 131 .PARKINSON, G., 1974 , GOLDEN PILOT PLANT POINTS WAY TO 500,000-TPY ALUMINA-FROM-ALUNITE MINE AND PLANT IN UTAH: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 175 , NO. 8 , P. 75 - 78WALKER, W. W., AND STEVENS, D. N., 1974 , THE EARTH SCIENCES-NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT: AIME-TMS PAPER NO. A74 - 64 , P. 663 - 668 .1958 RECON J.H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 2581970 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: PROD1974 RECON R.B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATAEARTH SCIENCES, INC.