Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeHot Spring
Model164: Hydrothermal kaolin
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsKaolinite
GangueAlunite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAsh-Flow Tuff · Wild Cherry
Associated rockAsh-Flow Tuff · Wild Cherry Formation
AlterationKaolinitization, Silicification, Alunitization. Alteration Zones Dip 30sw. A Kaolinite-Alunite Zone Overlies An Opalized Zone Which Overlies A Kaolinite Zone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10100559
MRDS IDW701387
Alternate namesMedley's Prospect, White Mountain Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.55769, -104.16327
References
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.UNIV TEX PUB 3401, V. 2, P. 287-288.CIMRIUTEX PUB 3401, V. 2, P. 287.