The White Mountain is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.30417, -113.33333
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White Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Unorganized/Star District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Uuri-Earth Sciences Lab
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Leaching, Alunitization, Argill.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES
Comment (Development): EARTH SCIENCES PERMIT AREA
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4; SECTION 08
References
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXP EARTH SCIENCES LAB-UURI
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOMAP UGMS SS #4
Reference (Deposit): 1959 GEOMAP D. LEMMON UNPUB
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SE PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH, U.G.M.S. SPEC. STUP. #4
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