Mine detail: Sundown Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.36635, -113.08052
dep_id: 10010371
mrds_id: D003988
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Manganese, Iron, Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Manganite
alteration: Argillic, Hematization, Sericitization, Kaolinitization
ore_ctrl: Igneous Contact And Fissures
Reporter: Steven, T. A.
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, M. S., 1968 , PH. D. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
  • Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, M. S., AND WHELAN, J. A., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 46 .
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