Mine detail: Sheeprock Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38053, -112.5694
dep_id: 10009246
mrds_id: D002014
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Potassium, Aluminum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Alunite, Gold
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification, Pyrite, Sericitic Alteration
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Faults
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Mt. Belknap Rhyolite
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Faults, Nne To N-S Striking, Down-To-The-West Normalfaults
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
disc_yr: 1914
discr: W.A. Wilson
References:
  • Deposit:: CUNNINGHAM,C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U. S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, A. E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P. O. BOX 262-, DANA POINT, CA., 92629
  • Deposit:: 1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB
  • Deposit:: 1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, PUB
  • Deposit:: 1940 RECON USBM: PUB
  • Deposit:: 1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD, MAP
  • Deposit:: BUTLER & OTHERS, 1920.^253 LOUGHLIN, 1915.^253 CALLAGHAN,1938, 1973, 1961.^253 THOENEN, 1941.
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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