The White Horse is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.47417, -112.19139
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White Horse MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Horse
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Henry Mining 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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: To 1950
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50 % Alunite
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD/LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Red Hills Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM 46.1 TO 60.7 PERCENT ALUNITE
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC.: 10
Comment (Deposit): LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR LARGEST OF THREE ORE BODIES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS AND BULL-DOZED AREAS ON THREE ORE BODIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLARD, M. E., 1946 , WHITE HORSE ALUNITE DEPOSIT, MARYSVALE, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 41 , P. 619 - 643 .
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA: GEOL. SOC. AM. SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 191 - 193 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 89 - 96 .
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS BULL. 102
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH
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