Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Potassium, Kaolin
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009259
MRDS ID D002129
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Sciences Ng - Subarea D Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55581, 38.2544 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position 39 MI. W OF MINERSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI. SW OF SUBAREA C RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Kaolin Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitized And Kaolinized Rock Formed By Solfataric Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Needles Range Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55581, 38.2544

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ON E - W TRENDING RIDGE
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Earth Sciences, Inc.

Mining district

District name Southern Wah Wah Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earth Sciences, Inc.
    Home office Golden, Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 30 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXISTING FIRM DATA ARE PROPRIETARY. SOME OF SUBAREA D UNDERLAIN BY KAOLINIZED GROUND

Comments on development

  • SOME SURFACE EXPLORATION BUT DATA ARE PROPRIETARY. AREA EXPLORED BY OTHERS FOR KAOLIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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