Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlBedding
Materials
Ore mineralsKaolinite
GangueAlunite, Hematite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff · Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak
StructurePiocha Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationAdvanced Argillic (Extreme Acid Leaching
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10042317
MRDS IDM058894
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.30357, -113.34748
References
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMSSTRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4