The Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,851 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,851 Feet (2,393 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.25444, -113.55500
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Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Kaolin
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Southern Wah Wah Mtns.
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: 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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR ON E - W TRENDING RIDGE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitized And Kaolinized Rock Formed 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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Development): SOME SURFACE EXPLORATION BUT DATA ARE PROPRIETARY. AREA EXPLORED BY OTHERS FOR KAOLIN
Comment (Location): 3 MI. SW OF SUBAREA C RIDGE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXISTING FIRM DATA ARE PROPRIETARY. SOME OF SUBAREA D UNDERLAIN BY KAOLINIZED GROUND
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, W. W., AND STEVENS, D. N., 1974 , THE EARTH SCIENCES-NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT: AIME-TMS PAPER NO. A74 - 64 , P. 663 - 668
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258 .
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOWN
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R. B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATA
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): PARKINSON, G., 1974 , GOLDEN PILOT PLANT POINTS WAY TO 500,000-TPY ALUMINA-FROM-ALUNITE MINE AND PLANT IN UTAH: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 175 , NO. 8 , P. 75 - 78
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