Mine detail: Red Creek

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Location: Daggett County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.93134, -109.22322
dep_id: 10011432
mrds_id: D006279
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Quartz, Staurolite
orebody_fm: COATINGS
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Amphibolite Strata
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Red Creek Quartzite
hrock_type: Mica Schist
Structure: Uinta Uplift
References:
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
  • Deposit:: RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT COUNT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66
  • Deposit:: HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH-COLO-WYO.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 490
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PROF. PAPER 111, P. 604-605
  • Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP HANSEN W.R., PROF PAPER 490
  • Deposit:: 1980 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY FILES
  • Production:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
  • Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURV
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