Mine detail: Woodhouse Mine

Previously called 'Woodhouse Shafts'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35246, -113.09052
dep_id: 10010744
mrds_id: D004684
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chalcedony, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR VEIN
work_type: Underground
alteration: Kaolinitization, Hematization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Favorable Quartzite Hosts Interbedded With Limestone
ore_ctrl: Fissure Fillings
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Toroweap-Kaibab Undiff
hrock_type: Quartzite,Alluvium,Limestone
Structure: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range
tectonic: Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46
  • Deposit:: BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V.9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.
  • Deposit:: BAER,J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO.3 P.6
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22
  • Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP#80
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP #111
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979
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