Mine detail: Rockwell Shaft

Previously called 'Orin Porter Rockwell'

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.75495, -112.64692
dep_id: 10011398
mrds_id: D006193
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Uranium, Zinc, Manganese, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR VEIN
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonite, Some Barite
conc_proc: Mineralization Is More Intense Where The Vein Is Crossed By Ne Shears
ore_ctrl: A Set Of Joints & Shears That Strike N 5 W
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Intrusives, & Flows
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Basin & Range, A Joint System N 5 W
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1905
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • 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
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