Mine detail: Rio #1

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.57023, -113.06443
dep_id: 10011404
mrds_id: D006203
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Copper, Pyrolusite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonite, Hemitite
ore_ctrl: Favorable Ls Beds In Fracture Zone
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Fera Ls (Host)
hrock_type: Silt,Limestone
arock_unit: U Drum Mtns Rhyodacite;U Mt. Laird Tuff
arock_type: Rhyodacite
Structure: Drum Mtns Homocline
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
  • Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, PRELIM. RPT ON TERT. VOLCANISM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION THOMAS R. & N. DRUM MTNS: USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 79-1076
  • Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOL. MAP & X-SECTIONS OF TERT. ROCKS IN THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS MAP I-1176
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP NEWELL, R. UNIV. OF UT. MS THESIS
  • Deposit:: 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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