White Mountain

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 10300101
MRDS ID D002124
MAS/MILS ID 0490010003
Record type Site
Current site name White Mountain
Related records 10009255

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.33081, 38.29996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1825
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 029 S 013 W 08 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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Oquirrh Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 3500M
    Width 500M
    Area 215HA
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 215
    Date of Last Modification 810729

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wah Wah Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    Year 1993

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 175HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .67
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    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
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 105M
    Overall depth 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Number of Shafts 4
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 9072
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF.FOR SOME OF DATA IS STATEMENT BY D.N.BLOOM,EARTH SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECON. GROWTH, CONGRESS OF US, JULY 22

  • Deposit

    PARTICULARLY REFERS TO RECORD NO. 151.

  • Deposit

    REF. STRINGHAM, BRONSON, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN TH

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD., BEAVER COUNTY, UT

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 4

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. 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-96 Salisbury U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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