Mine detail: Mc Fait Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.29966, -112.21191

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of Great Blue Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Eagle Hill Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008586
DEP	10012736
Reference	{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:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan