The White Sands Nos 4 - 22 , and 35 - 37 is a silica mine located in Iron county, Utah.
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White Sands Nos 4 - 22 , and 35 - 37 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Sands Nos 4 - 22 , and 35 - 37
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Dixie
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1965 DOW ASSAY 1962 BLACK AND DEASON SALT LAKE CITY
Materials
Ore: Sand
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SILICA SAND IS 97 PERCENT SILICA WITH CLAY IMPURITY WHICH WHEN WASHED AWAY BY SIMPLE PROCESS LEAVES A PRODUCT OF 99 PERCENT PURITY. SUITABLE FOR GLASS MANUFACTURING AND USE IN FOUNDRY MOLDS
References
Reference (Deposit): UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN "MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FIVE COUNTY AREA, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH" JUNE 1960
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