Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlEast-West Striking Fracture Zone, Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff · Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak
StructurePioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, East-West Striking Fracture Zone
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationAdvanced Argillic, Minor Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10042318
MRDS IDM058896
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.30635, -113.29331
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