White Mountain

The White Mountain is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: White Mountain  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium

Lat, Long: 38.30417, -113.33333

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White Mountain MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: White Mountain


Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Unorganized/Star 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Uuri-Earth Sciences Lab


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Local Faulting


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Leaching, Alunitization, Argill.


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Alunite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES

Comment (Development): EARTH SCIENCES PERMIT AREA

Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4; SECTION 08


References

Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXP EARTH SCIENCES LAB-UURI

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOMAP UGMS SS #4

Reference (Deposit): 1959 GEOMAP D. LEMMON UNPUB

Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SE PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH, U.G.M.S. SPEC. STUP. #4


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