Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Ore controlVolcanic Flowage Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite
GangueHematite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Bullion Canyon Volcanics
StructureRed Hills Caldera
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Transition
AlterationAlunitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10015243
MRDS IDDB00564
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.47414, -112.19217
References
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAHWILLARD, M. E., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 41 , P. 619 - 643 .KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AM. SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 191 - 193 .CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 96 .1943 DIREXPL USBM1973 RECON UGMS BULL. 102TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978