Mine detail: Doughout Mine Prospect

Previously called 'Dugout Mine Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.20746, -113.86526

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range Formation (Host)
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Needles Range Formation;Granodiorite Porphyry Stock
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Basin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera?
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	D005923
DEP	10011315
Reference	{Deposit:: THURSTON, W R, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI 4820}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1950, INVEST OF J B FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.