White Mountain

The White Mountain is a sulfur and potassium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,988 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Aluminum

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Wah Wah Mountains

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

Type: Federal Lease
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Info Year: 1993

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Year: 1970
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MUCH OF ORIGINAL DATA SUPPLIED BY JOHN E HUSTED, GA. INSTITU REVISED EVALUATION MADE BY R.A. SALISBURY. UNIT PROD COST IS ASSUMED COMPARABLE TO N-G PR A WORK YEAR OF 350 DAYS IS ASSUMED FOR THE PLANT. RECORD 160 TRANSPORTATION -ASSUME SHIPPING POINT IS THE WHIT PLANT, 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILFORD, UTAH. ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONC. TO BE THE DALLES, OREGON ESTIMATED 5 YEARS WILL BE NEEDED TO BRING DEPOSIT TO PRODUCT GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975. LAST INPUT SEPT. 13, 1976

References

Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 4

Reference (Deposit): PARTICULARLY REFERS TO RECORD NO. 151.

Reference (Deposit): BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECON. GROWTH, CONGRESS OF US, JULY 22

Reference (Deposit): REF.FOR SOME OF DATA IS STATEMENT BY D.N.BLOOM,EARTH SCIENCE

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD., BEAVER COUNTY, UT

Reference (Deposit): REF. STRINGHAM, BRONSON, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN TH

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