Mine detail: Rio #1

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Location

Lat / long: 39.57023, -113.06443

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Manganese
Ore: Copper, Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Fera Ls (Host)
Host type:Silt,Limestone
Associated rock:U Drum Mtns Rhyodacite;U Mt. Laird Tuff
Associated type:Rhyodacite
Structure:Drum Mtns Homocline
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Limonite, Hemitite

References

MRDSD006203
DEP10011404
Reference{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}
ReporterEverts, Michael L.