Mine detail: Creole Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2633, -112.88802

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Silver, Bismuth, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Amethyst, Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Opal
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone,Chert
Associated rock:	Granite/Lincoln Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Local Faults And Fractures
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphic

References

MRDS	D005859
DEP	10011284
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22}{Deposit:: REPORT ON THE CREOLE MINE NEAR MINERSVILLE, UTAH; UNPUB. REPORT BY MINERAL SERVICES INC, 1966/W MAPS}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.