White Mountain

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009255
MRDS ID D002124
Record type Site
Current site name White Mountain
Related records 10300101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33414, 38.30413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF WHITE MTN

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 013W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4; SECTION 08

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Leaching, Alunitization, Argill.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Needles Range Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oquirrh Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 548.64M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Bronson Stringham

Mining district

District name Unorganized/Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Uuri-Earth Sciences Lab

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • EARTH SCIENCES PERMIT AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SE PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH, U.G.M.S. SPEC. STUP. #4

  • Deposit

    1959 GEOMAP D. LEMMON UNPUB

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOMAP UGMS SS #4

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXP EARTH SCIENCES LAB-UURI

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Mike L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAR-1987 Unknown Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.