Wyoming · Sweetwater County
Occurrence

Aspen Mountain

Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States
AluminumKaolinPotassium
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Description

E. R. Keller, Mountain Fuel Supply Co.

Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondaryKaolin, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR BLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Kaolinite
GangueHalloysite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone,Sandstone · Post Eo Bishop Conglomerate
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10090647
MRDS IDD002164
Alternate namesAspen Quaking Asp Mountain
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.42639, -109.10556
References
LOVE, J. D., AND BLACKMON, P. D., 1962 , ALUNITE ON ASPEN MOUNTAIN, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING: USGS PROF. PAPER 450 -D, P. 11 - 151958 RECON by J. D. LOVE AND P. D. BLACKMON for PROF. PAPER 450 -D1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076 -AOsterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 50, p. 5.