Mine detail: Cave Mine Group

Previously called 'Chief GroupConsolidated 1-5Iron Duke'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38885, -112.92663

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1859

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871

Geology

Host rock:	Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Redwall Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Basin And Range, North To Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Marble

References

MRDS	D005863
DEP	10011287
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:: HUNTLEY, D B, 1885, PRECIOUS METALS IN THE US, 10TH CENSUS V 13, P 474-475.}{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.