| Deposit ID | 10300101 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002124 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490010003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Mountain |
| Related records | 10009255 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.33081, 38.29996 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1825 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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 | 029 S | 013 W | 08 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Microcline | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Oquirrh Group |
|---|
| Thickness | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 3500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 215HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| Mining method | Bench (Berm) |
| Milling method | Hydrometallurgy Unspecified |
| District name | Wah Wah Mountains |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 175HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 105M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490010003 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002124 | MAS references MRDS |
REF.FOR SOME OF DATA IS STATEMENT BY D.N.BLOOM,EARTH SCIENCE
BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECON. GROWTH, CONGRESS OF US, JULY 22
PARTICULARLY REFERS TO RECORD NO. 151.
REF. STRINGHAM, BRONSON, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN TH
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD., BEAVER COUNTY, UT
UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-OCT-96 | Salisbury | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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