Mine detail: White Rock Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38718, -113.10163
dep_id: 10011272
mrds_id: D005843
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Slight Thermal Metamorphism, Bleached
conc_proc: Favorable Limestone Replacement Beds
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Kiabab-Plympton Undiff (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Quartz Monz;Granodiorite, Plugs, Dikes, Sills
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure: Basin And Range/Sevier Ozogenic Belt., Star Range
tectonic: Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1875
discr: Harrington-Hickory Cons Mining Co
References:
  • 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
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