Mine detail: Dry Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.41077, -112.63887

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ophir Group
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Syncline; Synclinal Axis Is Parallel With Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis.
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D008447
DEP	10012660
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NUMBER 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.}{Deposit:: 1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III