Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Kaolinite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAsh-Flow Tuff
Associated rockAsh-Flow Tuff · Needles Range Formation
StructurePioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationAdvanced Argillic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088823
MRDS IDM058897
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.3044, -113.28192
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