Mine detail: Unknown Prospects

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.84162, -112.40719
dep_id: 10011391
mrds_id: D006183
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Contact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals
conc_proc: Concentrated In Breccia Zones
ore_ctrl: Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Intrusives, Monz., Monz. Porp., Granite, Etc
arock_type: Monzonite,Granite
Structure: Basin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. & MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
  • Deposit:: 1945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT
  • Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014
  • Production:: EVERTS, M., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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