Mine detail: Golden Reef Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

38.5294, -113.26359

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mtn Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Intrusives (Cactus Stock);Volcanics
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Basin And Range Structure, Local Faults (Galena Fault N63 Deg E)
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Marblization

References

MRDS	D005868
DEP	10011289
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22 P 61-62}{Deposit:: HAVENOR, H.E. AND HERBST, V.B., 1908, SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEWHOUSE, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #8}{Production:: EVERTS, MIL, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.