Mine detail: Creole Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.2633, -112.88802
dep_id: 10011284
mrds_id: D005859
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Tungsten
Trace mineral: Silver, Bismuth, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite
gangue: Amethyst, Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Opal
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Contact Metamorphic
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
arock_unit: Granite/Lincoln Stock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Basin And Range, Local Faults And Fractures
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • 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.
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