White Horse

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015243
MRDS ID DB00564
Record type Site
Current site name White Horse
Related records 10179744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19217, 38.47414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVALE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 003W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC.: 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitic

Analytical data

Result FROM 46.1 TO 60.7 PERCENT ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19217, 38.47414

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 225.55M
    Width 48.77M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanic Flowage Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period To 1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50 % Alunite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 50wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS AND BULL-DOZED AREAS ON THREE ORE BODIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR LARGEST OF THREE ORE BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references