The Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea B Deposit is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea B Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea B Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
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 ON PROMINENT HILLS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitized Rock Formed By Solfataric Alteration
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI SE OF SUBAREA C RIDGE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXISTING FIRM DATA ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Development): SURFACE PITTING, SOME DRILLING, BUT DATA ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PITTING, TRENCHING, FEW DRILL HOLES
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): 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 .
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): 1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOW
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