Mine detail: Rockwell Shaft

Previously called 'Orin Porter Rockwell'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.75495, -112.64692

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Uranium, Zinc, Manganese, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Intrusives, & Flows
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, A Joint System N 5 W
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Limonite, Some Barite

References

MRDS	D006193
DEP	10011398
Reference	{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, DESERT MTN., IN BUTLER, B.S., & OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P. & WHELAN, J.A. 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN; UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS # 42}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. 95}{Production:: REES, 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN., UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.