Mine detail: Unknown Prospect

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.75884, -112.63191
dep_id: 10011397
mrds_id: D006192
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Uranium, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Specularite
orebody_fm: POD-LIKE
ore_ctrl: Numerous N 15 W Trending Shears
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Granitic Intrusives & Dikes
arock_type: Lamprophyre
Structure: Basin & Range, Prospects Are Bounded On E. & W. By 2 Nw Trending Normal Faults
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., & WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN; UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #4
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
  • Deposit:: 1972 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 95
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UT GEOL. & MIN SURVEY SS #42
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SUR.
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