Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea C Deposit

The Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea C Deposit is a aluminum mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea C Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Potassium
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Kaolin

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Southern Wah Wah Mtns.

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: Earth Sciences, Inc.
Home Office: Golden, Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1972
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: VERY LARGE LENS ALONG NE TRENDING RIDGE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunite Formed In Solfatarically Altered Tert Volcanic Rocks Along Crest On Ne

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: X - RAY AND THIN SECTIONS PROVE ROCK HERE IS QUARTZ - ALUNITE RICH BUT ENTIRE RIDGE NOT HOMOGENEOUS
Analytical Data: APPRECIABLE KAOLINITE IN LOCAL ZONES

Materials

Ore: Kaolinite
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 1 MI. NW OF SUBAREA B

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE CONSIDERED DRILL PROVEN BY EARTH SCIENCES, INC.

Comment (Production): FEW THOUS TONS PROD FOR PILOT PLANT TESTING GOLDEN, COLORADO

Comment (Development): EXTENSIVE DRILLING AND SURFACE EXPLORATION MAKES THIS BEST EXPLORED ALUNITE DEPOSIT IN U.S.

Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT IS MOST THOROUGHLY EXPLORED OF EARTH SCIENCES' LEASE HOLDINGS' LEASE HOLDINGS

Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN PIT PRODUCING ORE FOR PILOT PLANT

References

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): 1958 RECON J.H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 258

Reference (Deposit): 1970 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: PROD

Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R.B. HALL AND PATTERSON: LIMITED DATA

Reference (Production): EARTH SCIENCES, INC.

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. H., 1960 , STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258 , P. 81 - 131 .

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