Utah · Iron County
Occurrence

Modena Alunite Vein

Iron County, Utah, United States
Aluminum
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Flow Member Of The Steamboat Mountain Formation;
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationAlunitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055119
MRDS IDRE00089
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.8108, -113.94471
References
BEST, M.G., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AREA BETWEEN HAMLIN VALLEY AND ESCALANTE DESERT, IRON CO., UTAH: USGS OFR-84-152, SCALE 1:50,000.HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PA. 1076-A, 35P.