Mine detail: Copper Ranch Mine

Previously called 'Marguerite Mine #15Jewel MineOK Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46218, -113.10636

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Malachite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Diopside, Magnetite, Muscovite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Skarn Cu
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Toroweap Formation;Diorite Undiff;Undifferientiated Volcanics
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite Undifferientiated;Diorite Undiff;Granodiorite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Cordillerain Thrust Belt, Rocky Range
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Thermal Metamorphism, Chlorite And Talc

References

MRDS	D005831
DEP	10011265
Reference	{Deposit:: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, V 1, APRIL 29, 1899, P 14, ALSO FEB 15, 1913, P 29.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO, UTAH, USGS BULL 945-D}{Deposit:: WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS IN PRESS.}{Development:: MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.