White Hills

The White Hills is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Hills

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Henry Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Red Hills Caldera And Central Intrusive

Type: L
Description: Sevier Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TEN SAMPLES RANGED FROM 2.6 TO 59.3 PERCENT ALUNITE. AVG. GRADE BELOW 35 PERCENT

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SIX ADITS, ONE PIT

Comment (Location): THE COMMON CORNERS OF SECTIONS 1 2 11 12

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CHALLOGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P 92 - 98

Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL USBM REPT. OF INV. 1946

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS BULL 102

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