The White Horse Deposit is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.47417, -112.19194
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White Horse Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Horse Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Kaolin
Secondary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Henry District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Empico Alunite Co.
Owner Name: Kalunite, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: White Hills, Antelope Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CANOE-SHAPED LENSES ( 3 MAIN BODIES )
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 50.4 % TO 60.7 % ALUNITE
Materials
Ore: Kaolinite
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1943 , THE USBM DRILLED 14 HOLES TOTALING 3522 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES ARE CANOE - SHAPED LENSES CONTROLLED BY SYNCLINAL FOLDING IN LATITE FLOW
Comment (Location): LOW HILLS TO THE SOUTH OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE BODIES TERMINATE AT SHALLOW DEPTH (200 FT MAX) AND ARE SURROUNDED BY KAOLINITIC ENVELOPES
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Production): 12,000 ST TREATED IN KALUNITE, INC. PLANT IN SALT LAKE CITY IN WW2
Comment (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
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHORT ADITS AND PITS AND SEVERAL QUARRIES OF VARYING SIZE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 92
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 12 - 13
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 81 , 191 - 193
Reference (Deposit): 5) THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 31 - 32
Reference (Deposit): 6) WILLARD, M. E., AND PROCTOR, P. D., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6 , P. 619 - 643
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP E. CALLAGHAN: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102
Reference (Deposit): WW1 DIREXPL KALUNITE, INC.: QUARRIES
Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD AND P. D. PROCTOR: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 6
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: REPT. INV. 3972
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89
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