The Earth Sciences Southern Extension is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,982 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,982 Feet (2,128 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.14167, -113.55222
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Earth Sciences Southern Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earth Sciences Southern Extension
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Southern Wah Wah Mtns.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earth Sciences, Inc.
Home Office: Golden, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1970
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Wah Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization By Solfataric Alteration
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Development): SOME SURFACE EXPLORATION BUT DATA ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Workings): FEW SURFACE PITS, TRENCHES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXISTING DATA ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Location): S PART OF WAH WAH MTN. RANGE ABOUT 6 MI. SSW OF EARTH SCIENCES NG AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. H., 1960 , STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258 , P. 81 - 131
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: DATA
Reference (Deposit): NO PUB INFO, ONLY PRIVATE COMPANY FILES.
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