Mine detail: Red Warrior Mine

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Location:	Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.34829, -113.14886
dep_id:	10011250
mrds_id:	D005799
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR-IRREGULAR VEINS
work_type:	Underground
ore_ctrl:	Fissures That Cut Limestone (Ne & Dip Steeply Nw)
Reporter:	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Guilmette Formation;Pilot Shale
hrock_type:	Limestone,Dolomite,Chert
arock_type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt, Local Normal Faults, Thrusting
tectonic:	Cordilleran, Miogeosyncline
Year first produced:	1875
disc_yr:	1875
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: 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.