Mine detail: Sullivan Group

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34663, -113.16247
dep_id: 10011253
mrds_id: D005806
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Recrystallize Carbonates (White)
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Guilmette Formation (Sevy Dolomite)
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite,Chert
arock_unit: Intrusives Undifferientiated
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973,: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUB NO 3
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.
  • Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
  • Deposit:: BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
  • Production:: EVERTS, M L 1979-ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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