| Deposit ID | 10088088 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00563 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Hills |
| Related records | 10252058 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.16272, 38.48553 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2286 |
| Relative position | 4 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVALE, UTAH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Sevier(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 | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 003W | 01,02,11,12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TEN SAMPLES RANGED FROM 2.6 TO 59.3 PERCENT ALUNITE. AVG. GRADE BELOW 35 PERCENT |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | Older alluvial deposits |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Red Hills Caldera And Central Intrusive |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Sevier Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 76.2M |
| Length | 426.72M |
| Width | 335.28M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Henry Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 1437000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 952000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 496.82M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 39.62M |
| Overall width | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00563 |
SRC.REF: CHALLOGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P 92 - 98
1944 DIREXPL USBM REPT. OF INV. 1946
1973 RECON UGMS BULL 102
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1978 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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