Mine detail: West Mountain Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.49911, -112.15441

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Covellite, Galena, Gold, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Butterfield Peaks Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008550
DEP	10012710
Reference	{Deposit:: BRAY,E. R. WILSON, I.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS}{Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111,672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P.38,410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan