Mine detail: Forminco Claims

Previously called 'Excelsier #38'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.61802, -112.55996

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Sulfur
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone,Ash-Flow Tuff
Associated 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
Alteration processes:Clay

References

MRDSD004664
DEP10010734
Reference{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.}
ReporterEverts, Michael L.