Deposit ID | 10009248 |
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MRDS ID | D002016 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | White Horse Deposit |
Geographic coordinates: | -112.19272, 38.47414 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1951 |
Relative position | 2.7 MI NE OF MARYSVALE |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Utah | Piute |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Salt Lake | 027S | 003W | 10 | Utah |
Commodity | Importance |
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Aluminum | Primary |
Potassium | Secondary |
Kaolin | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Alunite | Ore |
Kaolinite | Ore |
Hematite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 50.4 % TO 60.7 % ALUNITE |
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Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics |
(1) | -112.19272, 38.47414 |
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General form | CANOE-SHAPED LENSES ( 3 MAIN BODIES ) |
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Strike | N 10 DEG W |
Dip | E |
Thickness | 30.48M |
Plunge | S |
Width | 48.77M |
Length | 225.55M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Both metallic and non-metallic |
Deposit size | Large |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1915 |
Discoverer | E. G. Nelson (?) |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral In Place |
Year of first production | 1942 |
District name | Marysvale Region/Henry District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Operator |
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Owner | Kalunite, Inc. |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Empico Alunite Co. |
Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Length | 502.92M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002016 |
SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 92
HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 12 - 13
KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 81 , 191 - 193
5) THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 31 - 32
6) WILLARD, M. E., AND PROCTOR, P. D., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6 , P. 619 - 643
1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102
WW1 DIREXPL KALUNITE, INC.: QUARRIES
1942 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD AND P. D. PROCTOR: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6
1943 DIREXPL USBM: REPT. INV. 3972
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Discovery Year: WW1 |
Deposit | THE DEPOSIT SIZE DATA GIVEN ARE ONLY FOR THE LARGEST OF 3 MAIN LENTICULAR ORE BODIES. ANOTHER IS 670 FT LONG, 180 FT WIDE, 100 FT DEEP. THE THIRD IS 400 FT LONG, AND 100 FT WIDE. IN ADDITION THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 OTHER FAIRLY LARGE LENSES PRESENT. ACCORDING TO CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) THESE ORE BODIES CONTAIN 50 % ALUNITE AND SEEM MORE FAVORABLE THAN ANY TO TEST THE KALUNITE PROCESS FOR ALUMINA RECOVERY |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-DEC-1974 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey |