Description
A. T. Johnston
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Potassium, Kaolin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREG BLANKET OR HUGE LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Kaolinite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10009281
MRDS IDD002162
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.14066, -108.21673
References
BLAKE, W. P., 1895 , ALUNOGEN AND BAUXITE OF NEW MEXICO: AIME VOL. 24 , P. 571 - 573 .HALL, R. B., 1978 , WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076 - A, P. A16.HAYES, C. W., 1907 , THE GILA RIVER ALUM DEPOSITS: USGS BULL. 315 , P. 215 - 224 .WILLARD, M. E., WEBER, R., AND KUELLMER, F., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF ALUM MOUNTAIN THIRTY-MINUTE QUADRANGLE: STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES - NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYRATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-886RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 162NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA1893 RECON W. P. BLAKE: AIME VOL. 241906 RECON C. W. HAYES: BULL. 3151956 GEOLMAP NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES: PUB. MAP1975 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A