Mine detail: Woodhouse Mine

Previously called 'Woodhouse Shafts'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.35246, -113.09052

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host rock:Toroweap-Kaibab Undiff
Host type:Quartzite,Alluvium,Limestone
Structure:Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Alteration processes:Kaolinitization, Hematization, Sericitization

References

MRDSD004684
DEP10010744
Reference{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}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.