Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlBedding, Nnw Striking Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueAlunite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff,Basalt · Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak;Basalt Of Brimstone Reservoir
StructurePioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, Nnw Striking Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationAdvanced Argillic (Extreme Acid Leaching)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088821
MRDS IDM058893
Alternate namesHaloysite, A & S Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3019, -113.36859
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