White Hills Deposit

The White Hills Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,851 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Hills Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Kaolin

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Henry 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: M. Krotki

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: White Hills, Antelope Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposit Is 4000 Ft West Of The Sevier Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Latite Tuff And Breccia Has Been Alunitized, Silicified, And Kaolinized

Rocks

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

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

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ALUNITE CONTENT HIGHLY VARIABLE. 10 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 2.6 % TO 59.6 % ALUNITE

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite
Gangue: Dickite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE ESTIMATE BASED ON USBM & USGS EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION DURING WW2

Comment (Development): IN 1944 , THE USBM DUG 8200 FT OF TRENCHES, AND PLACED 7 VERTICAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WHICH TOTALED 1501 FT IN LENGTH

Comment (Workings): IN 1944 THE USBM CLEANED OUT 9 OLD ADITS WHOSE TOTAL LENGTH BECAME 2340 FT. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL QUARRY MEASURING 10 FT BY 25 FT, AND SEVERAL PITS

Comment (Geology): CONSIDERABLE KAOLIN WITH ALUNITE IN ALTERED HOST

Comment (Location): CENTER OF WHITE HILLS AREA. MOST OF THE STRONGLY ALTERED MATERIAL IS ON FEDERAL LAND, SECTION 12 BUT SOME OCCURS IN SECTION 2 WHICH IS STATE LAND

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALTHOUGH ORE LOCALLY HIGHER THAN 30 PERCENT ALUNITE, AVERAGE IS BELOW 30 PERCENT, THEREFORE "RESERVE" IS REALLY RESOURCE, SEE J - 1, J - 2 BELOW

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1938 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 886 - D, P. 130 - 131

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 92 - 96

Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 15 - 17

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 32

Reference (Deposit): 1915 DIREXPL M. KROTKI: ADITS

Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP V. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 55

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 55

Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL USBM: R. I. 3972

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 96

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