The Alum Mountain Deposit is a aluminum, potassium, and kaolin mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium, Kaolin
Lat, Long: 33.14056, -108.21611
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Alum Mountain Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alum Mountain Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Primary: Kaolin
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Alum Mountain 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: Public Domain
Owner Name: Johnston, A. T.
Years: 1893 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREG BLANKET OR HUGE LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LIMITED X-RAY, CHEMICAL, AND THIN SECTION DATA SUGGEST MATERIAL AVERAGES LESS THAN 30 PERCENT ALUNITE AND IS RATHER SODIC
Materials
Ore: Kaolinite
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHORT ADITS DRIVEN INTO ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCK MADE IN EARLY 1890'S. ONE TUNNEL, ABOUT 180 FT LONG IS DRIVEN INTO THE FACE OF THE CLIFF ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALUM CANYON.
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DATA INSUFFICIENT TO ESTIMATE RESERVES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALUNITE TENOR VARIABLE; CONSIDERABLE KAOLINITE IN MUCH OF THE ORE
Comment (Production): POSSIBLY FEW WAGON LOADS OF "ALUM ROCK" SHIPPED IN 1890'S FOR TESTING
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 930, PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
Comment (Geology): STRONGLY KAOLINIZED, LOCALLY WELL ALUNITIZED WELDED (?) LATITIC (?) TUFF AND TUFF BRECCIA
Comment (Deposit): THE HILLS OF THIS ALTERED AREA ARE VERY DISTINCT FROM ANY OTHER TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE REGION AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY MANY PINNACLES AND ISOLATED BUTTES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): 61 CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 930 COVERING 1252.21 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HAYES, C. W., 1907 , THE GILA RIVER ALUM DEPOSITS: USGS BULL. 315 , P. 215 - 224 .
Reference (Deposit): WILLARD, M. E., WEBER, R., AND KUELLMER, F., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF ALUM MOUNTAIN THIRTY-MINUTE QUADRANGLE: STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES - NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-886
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 162
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1893 RECON W. P. BLAKE: AIME VOL. 24
Reference (Deposit): 1906 RECON C. W. HAYES: BULL. 315
Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES: PUB. MAP
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A
Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, W. P., 1895 , ALUNOGEN AND BAUXITE OF NEW MEXICO: AIME VOL. 24 , P. 571 - 573 .
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R. B., 1978 , WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076 - A, P. A16.
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