Mine detail: Forminco Claims

Previously called 'Excelsier #38'

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Location: Millard County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.61802, -112.55996
dep_id: 10010734
mrds_id: D004664
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sulfur
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Surface
alteration: Clay
ore_ctrl: Faulting
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone,Ash-Flow Tuff
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
Structure: Basin/Plateau Transition Zone, Local N S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline
References:
  • Deposit:: MOORE, J.N., & SAMBERG, S.M., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA: UNIV. OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. EARTH SCIENCE LAB.
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.
  • Deposit:: USGS MF-202 GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUADRANGLE
  • Deposit:: CASKEY, C.F., 1975, MID-TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, SEVIER-COVE FORT AREA, CENTRAL UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, V. 2, NO. 1.
  • Deposit:: 1906 RECON LEE, W.T. USGS BULL 315
  • Deposit:: 1977 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, USGS OPEN FILE 77-569
  • Deposit:: UNION OIL COMPANY, 1978, COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA, MILLARD AND BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, GEOLOGIC MAP, TECHNICAL REPORTS.....U OF U MS RODRIGUEZ, E.L., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SULPHUR DEPOSITS AT SULPHURDALE
  • Deposit:: 1979 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, OPEN FILE 79-535
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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