N-G Property

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Sulfur
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276219
MAS/MILS ID 0490010002
Record type Site
Current site name N-G Property
Alternate or previous names No Gas Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.51691, 38.27996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Sevier Lake(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 029 S 015 W 22 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 99E
    Thickness 120M
    Length 6940M
    Width 305M
    Area 405HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:99E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 405
    Date of Last Modification 810729

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1970
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Wah Wah Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earth Sciences,Inc.,
    Interest 100
    Home office 910th 12th St, Golden, Co 80401
    Year 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 212HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 22
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 9072
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DATA FOR COL.79&80 RECORD 020, 021, 022 IS FROM E&MJ SEPT. 1

  • Deposit

    REF. WALKER,W.& STEVENS, THE EARTH SCIENCES-NATIONAL-SO

  • Deposit

    ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT.

  • Deposit

    REF. FOR DATA. STATEMENT BY D.N. BLOOM, EARTH SCIENCES, INC.

  • Deposit

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECON. GROWTH, CONGRESS OF THE U.S., JULY 22,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF ORIGINAL DATA SUPPLIED BY JOHN E HUSTED, GA. INSTITU REVISED EVALUATION MADE BY R. A. SALISBURY. ALINITE/ALUMINA REMOVED FROM ADIT, 10/96 NOT AN ADIT COMMODITY APPROX. 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILFORD, UTAH. ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONC. TO BE THE DALLES, OREGON. ESTIMATED 4 YEARS TO BRING DEPOSIT TO PRODUCTION STAGE. LAST INPUT SEPT. 13, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1996 Salisbury U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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