Mine detail: Red Warrior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.34829, -113.14886

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR-IRREGULAR VEINS
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Formation;Pilot Shale
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite,Chert
Associated type:Plutonic Rock
Structure:Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt, Local Normal Faults, Thrusting
Tectonic:Cordilleran, Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSD005799
DEP10011250
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, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU 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:: 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}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.