Mine detail: Rattler Mine Group

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.26858, -112.88469
dep_id: 10011285
mrds_id: D005860
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR VEIN
work_type: Underground
alteration: Marble, Scarn
ore_ctrl: Ne Trending Fissures Parallel To The Lincoln Fault
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Kaibab Formation (Principle Host);Callville-Pakoon
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Lincoln Stock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Basin And Range, Lincoln Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
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:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
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