| Deposit ID | 10042319 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058898 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Long Lick Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2797, 38.30718 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1853 |
| Relative position | 7,950 FEET N 77 E FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 029S | 013W | 11 | SE OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak | ||||||
| Rock description | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | Pilot Shale, Guilmette Formation, and Simonson and Sevy Dolomites |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058898 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
STRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSIST OF TUFF REPLACED BY HIGH ALUMINA CLAYS. ALTERATION PRODUCED BY ACID SOLUTIONS GENERATED IN THE NEAR SURFACE PORTION OF A HOT SPRINGS SYSTEM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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