Mine detail: Golden Reef Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5294, -113.26359
dep_id: 10011289
mrds_id: D005868
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Marblization
conc_proc: Proximity To Cactus Stock
ore_ctrl: Fractures That Strike N-S And Accompanying Breccia Zone
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Prospect Mtn Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Intrusives (Cactus Stock);Volcanics
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Basin And Range Structure, Local Faults (Galena Fault N63 Deg E)
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1909
disc_yr: 1909
References:
  • 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
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