Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondaryPotassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREG LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite
GangueCristobalite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Oligo Summitville Andesite
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10094257
MRDS IDD002160
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.46139, -106.47139
References
CROSS, W. AND LARSEN, E. S., 1935 , A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 843 , 138 P.GARDNER, L. S., 1943 , UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILESTEVEN, T. A., LIPMAN, P. W., HAIL, W. J., JR., BARKER, FRED, AND LUEDKE, R. G., COMPILERS, 1974 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-764 , SCALE 1:250,0001915 DIREXPL VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS: PROSP'G WORKS1942 GEOLMAP L. S. GARDNER: UNPUB. REPT.1943 RECON USBM: UNPUB. MAP