Mine detail: Sunshine Prospect #1

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.27355, -112.18636
dep_id: 10012720
mrds_id: D008563
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay, Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cerargyrite, Halloysite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Realgar
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Senicitization, Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Fractures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Manning Canyon Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.
  • Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14,262P.
  • Deposit:: HYAFF, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
  • Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.
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