Mine detail: Oro Del Rey Mine

Previously called 'HickockThompson & Lehmer AditsCard Workings'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.92299, -113.83751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Goethite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite (Host);Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D007360
DEP	10012033
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1979, REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS AREA (WSA): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, SS NO. 22.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.}{Production:: THOMPSON, 1970, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 99}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.