Mine detail: Silver Bug Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.36885, -113.14302
dep_id: 10011248
mrds_id: D005795
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Dolomitization
ore_ctrl: Fractures In Favorable Limestone Beds
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Callville-Pakoon Undiff
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Intrusives
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Basin And Range, Normal Faulting-Thrusting
tectonic: Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
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, J.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:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
  • Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., BYU 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, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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