Mine detail: Plumbic Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38996, -113.1133
dep_id: 10011256
mrds_id: D005811
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleached White
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Tailsman Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
arock_unit: Intrusive
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Basin & Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt., Local Normal Faults
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
  • Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
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