Mine detail: Ochre Springs Prospects

Previously called 'Asarco'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.14632, -113.85224

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Window In Ochre Mtn. Thrust-Plate, Northwest-Striking Fault
Tectonic:	Sevier Arogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D008388
DEP	10012640
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.G. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III