Mine detail: Maria Mine

Previously called 'OK Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45302, -113.06941

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Diopside, Garnet, Magnetite, Muscovite
Discovery year:	1959

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Skarn Cu
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Torroweap Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Undiff Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range Structures, Local Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Skarn Zone

References

MRDS	D005833
DEP	10011266
Reference	{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	Everts, Michael L.