Mine detail: White Rock Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.38718, -113.10163

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Gold, Silver
Ore: Anglesite, Galena
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host rock:Kiabab-Plympton Undiff (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi
Host type:Dolomite
Associated rock:Quartz Monz;Granodiorite, Plugs, Dikes, Sills
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:Basin And Range/Sevier Ozogenic Belt., Star Range
Tectonic:Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Slight Thermal Metamorphism, Bleached

References

MRDSD005843
DEP10011272
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PP 80 P 19}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.