Description
Earth Sciences, Inc.
Commodities
TertiaryKaolin, Aluminum, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR ON E - W TRENDING RIDGE
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Needles Range Formation
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
AlterationAlunitized And Kaolinized Rock Formed By Solfataric Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10009259
MRDS IDD002129
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.2544, -113.55581
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 - 6681958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258 .1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOWN1974 RECON R. B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATA