Mine detail: Unknown Prospect

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.84159, -113.92225
dep_id: 10012264
mrds_id: D007806
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR AND IRREGULAR
alteration: Oxidation Of Fe
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone In Quartzite Bed
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Guilmette Limestone
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Tetzlaff Peak Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range-Silver Island Mts.
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1980, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.
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