Mine detail: Big Canyon Aragonite

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.92187, -113.02694
dep_id: 10012232
mrds_id: D007736
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Aragonite, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Ground Water-Hydrothermal?
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Oquirrh Formation, Unit 1
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Along Thrust? Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS., AND GRASSY MTNS., TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COS., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., 1964, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI
  • Production:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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